CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2022-21699

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges

Published: Jan 19, 2022 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.6 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

IPython (Interactive Python) is a command shell for interactive computing in multiple programming languages, originally developed for the Python programming language. Affected versions are subject to an arbitrary code execution vulnerability achieved by not properly managing cross user temporary files. This vulnerability allows one user to run code as another on the same machine. All users are advised to upgrade.

Weakness

The product performs an operation at a privilege level that is higher than the minimum level required, which creates new weaknesses or amplifies the consequences of other weaknesses.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Ipython Ipython * 5.10.0 (including)
Ipython Ipython 6.0.0 (including) 7.16.3 (excluding)
Ipython Ipython 7.17.0 (including) 7.31.1 (excluding)
Ipython Ipython 8.0.0 (including) 8.0.1 (excluding)
Ipython Ubuntu bionic *
Ipython Ubuntu esm-apps/bionic *
Ipython Ubuntu esm-apps/focal *
Ipython Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Ipython Ubuntu esm-infra-legacy/trusty *
Ipython Ubuntu focal *
Ipython Ubuntu hirsute *
Ipython Ubuntu impish *
Ipython Ubuntu trusty *
Ipython Ubuntu trusty/esm *
Ipython Ubuntu upstream *
Ipython Ubuntu xenial *

Potential Mitigations

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