{"id":"GHSA-29gw-9793-fvw7","summary":"IPython vulnerable to command injection via set_term_title","details":"IPython provides an interactive Python shell and Jupyter kernel to use Python interactively. Versions prior to 8.10.0 are vulnerable to command injection in the `set_term_title` [function](https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/3f0bf05f072a91b2a3042d23ce250e5e906183fd/IPython/utils/terminal.py#L103-L117) under specific conditions. This has been patched in version 8.10.0.\n\n### Impact \nUsers are only vulnerable when calling this function in Windows in a Python environment where [ctypes](https://docs.python.org/3/library/ctypes.html) is not available. The dependency on ctypes in `IPython.utils._process_win32` prevents the vulnerable code from ever being reached (making it effectively dead code). However, as a library that could be used by another tool, `set_term_title` could introduce a vulnerability for dependencies. Currently `set_term_title` is only called with (semi-)trusted input that contain the current working directory of the current IPython session. If an attacker can control directory names, and manage to get a user to `cd` into this directory, then the attacker can execute arbitrary commands contained in the folder names.","aliases":["CVE-2023-24816","PYSEC-2023-17"],"modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:51.926049793Z","published":"2023-02-10T19:55:53Z","database_specific":{"github_reviewed":true,"github_reviewed_at":"2023-02-10T19:55:53Z","nvd_published_at":"2023-02-10T20:15:00Z","cwe_ids":["CWE-20","CWE-78"],"severity":"LOW"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ipython/ipython/security/advisories/GHSA-29gw-9793-fvw7"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24816"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/385d69325319a5972ee9b5983638e3617f21cb1f"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/991849c247fc208628879e7ca2923b3c218a5a75"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/Carreau/ipython/blob/7557ade0ed927475d5ab5b573d0ea4febfb22683/docs/source/whatsnew/version8.rst#ipython-810"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/ipython/ipython"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/3f0bf05f072a91b2a3042d23ce250e5e906183fd/IPython/utils/terminal.py#L103-L117"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/56e6925dfa50e2c7f4a6471547b8176275db7c25/IPython/utils/_process_win32.py#L20"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipython/PYSEC-2023-17.yaml"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ipython","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/ipython"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"8.10.0"}]}],"versions":["0.10","0.10.1","0.10.2","0.11","0.12","0.12.1","0.13","0.13.1","0.13.2","0.6.10","0.6.11","0.6.12","0.6.13","0.6.14","0.6.15","0.6.4","0.6.5","0.6.6","0.6.7","0.6.8","0.6.9","0.7.0","0.7.1","0.7.1.fix1","0.7.2","0.7.3","0.7.4.svn.r2010","0.8.0","0.8.1","0.8.2","0.8.3","0.8.4","0.9","0.9.1","1.0.0","1.1.0","1.2.0","1.2.1","2.0.0","2.1.0","2.2.0","2.3.0","2.3.1","2.4.0","2.4.1","3.0.0","3.1.0","3.2.0","3.2.1","3.2.2","3.2.3","4.0.0","4.0.0-b1","4.0.0b1","4.0.1","4.0.2","4.0.3","4.1.0","4.1.0rc1","4.1.0rc2","4.1.1","4.1.2","4.2.0","4.2.1","5.0.0","5.0.0b1","5.0.0b2","5.0.0b3","5.0.0b4","5.0.0rc1","5.1.0","5.10.0","5.2.0","5.2.1","5.2.2","5.3.0","5.4.0","5.4.1","5.5.0","5.6.0","5.7.0","5.8.0","5.9.0","6.0.0","6.0.0rc1","6.1.0","6.2.0","6.2.1","6.3.0","6.3.1","6.4.0","6.5.0","7.0.0","7.0.0b1","7.0.0rc1","7.0.1","7.1.0","7.1.1","7.10.0","7.10.1","7.10.2","7.11.0","7.11.1","7.12.0","7.13.0","7.14.0","7.15.0","7.16.0","7.16.1","7.16.2","7.16.3","7.17.0","7.18.0","7.18.1","7.19.0","7.2.0","7.20.0","7.21.0","7.22.0","7.23.0","7.23.1","7.24.0","7.24.1","7.25.0","7.26.0","7.27.0","7.28.0","7.29.0","7.3.0","7.30.0","7.30.1","7.31.0","7.31.1","7.32.0","7.33.0","7.34.0","7.4.0","7.5.0","7.6.0","7.6.1","7.7.0","7.8.0","7.9.0","8.0.0","8.0.0a1","8.0.0b1","8.0.0rc1","8.0.1","8.1.0","8.1.1","8.2.0","8.3.0","8.4.0","8.5.0","8.6.0","8.7.0","8.8.0","8.9.0"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/02/GHSA-29gw-9793-fvw7/GHSA-29gw-9793-fvw7.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"},{"type":"CVSS_V4","score":"CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N"}]}