CVE-2024-29189
ansys-geometry-core OS Command Injection vulnerability
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Description
PyAnsys Geometry is a Python client library for the Ansys Geometry service and other CAD Ansys products. On file src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/product_instance.py, upon calling this method _start_program directly, users could exploit its usage to perform malicious operations on the current machine where the script is ran. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.3.3 and 0.4.12.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/blob/52cba1737a8a7812e5430099f715fa2160ec007b/src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/product_instance.py#L403-L428
- https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/commit/902071701c4f3a8258cbaa46c28dc0a65442d1bc
- https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/commit/f82346b9432b06532e84f3278125f5879b4e9f3f
- https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/security/advisories/GHSA-38jr-29fh-w9vm
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CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
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