CVE-2024-53992

HIGH

OS Command Injection (CWE-78)

2024-12-02 security-advisories@github.com

Command Injection

8.8

CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: github

Severity by source

Vendor (github) PRIMARY

8.8 HIGH

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Primary rating from Vendor (github) · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorVendor: github

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Dec 02, 2024 - 17:15 cve.org

HIGH 8.8

DescriptionCVE.org

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.

AnalysisAI

unzip-bot is a Telegram bot to extract various types of archives. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. 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.

Affected ProductsAI

See vendor advisory for affected versions.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.