CVE-2024-27763 XPixelGroup BasicSR Command Injection

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Attackers can execute arbitrary code via a crafted SLURM_NODELIST environment variable when scontrol is invoked.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2024-27763?

CVE-2024-27763 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Mar 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

XPixelGroup BasicSR through 1.4.2 might locally allow code execution in contrived situations where "scontrol show hostname" is executed in the presence of a crafted SLURM_NODELIST environment variable.

Weakness: CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27763?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including basicsr.

PackageAffectedFixed in
basicsr PyPIAll versions to 1.4.2None
basicsr PyPIAll versions to 1.4.2None
basicsr PyPIAll versions to 1.4.2None

How do I fix CVE-2024-27763?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-27763 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2024-27763 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27763 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-86w8-vhw6-q9qq, PYSEC-2026-1215.

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