# CVE-2024-53992: unzip-bot Allows Remote Code Execution (RCE) via archive extraction, password prompt, or video upload

> Attackers can execute arbitrary commands via crafted archive names, passwords, or video uploads in the unzip-bot Telegram bot.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Dec 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Dec 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-34cg-7f8c-fm5h

## What is CVE-2024-53992?

CVE-2024-53992 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in EDM115 unzip-bot, published on 2 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

unzip-bot is a Telegram bot to extract various types of archives. Users could exploit unsanitized inputs to inject malicious commands that are executed through subprocess.Popen with shell=True. Attackers can exploit this vulnerability using a crafted archive name, password, or video name. This vulnerability is fixed in 7.0.3a.

Weakness: CWE-78 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-53992?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-53992?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-53992 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-53992 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53992 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-53992 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-53992 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in EDM115 unzip-bot, published on 2 Dec 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-53992 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: EDM115 unzip-bot. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53992/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53992/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-53992
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53992
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53992

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-53992/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.