BIT-libpython-2024-6923
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- https://github.com/bitnami/vulndb/tree/main/data/libpython/BIT-libpython-2024-6923.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/BIT-libpython-2024-6923
- Aliases
- Published
- 2025-08-11T13:52:53.987Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-11T14:44:38.146560Z
- Summary
- Email header injection due to unquoted newlines
- Details
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There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython.
The email module didn’t properly quote newlines for email headers when serializing an email message allowing for header injection when an email is serialized.
- Database specific
{ "severity": "Medium", "cpes": [ "cpe:2.3:a:python:python:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*" ] }- References
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/01/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/08/02/2
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/06f28dc236708f72871c64d4bc4b4ea144c50147
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/097633981879b3c9de9a1dd120d3aa585ecc2384
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4766d1200fdf8b6728137aa2927a297e224d5fa7
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/4aaa4259b5a6e664b7316a4d60bdec7ee0f124d0
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/b158a76ce094897c870fb6b3de62887b7ccc33f1
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f7be505d137a22528cb0fc004422c0081d5d90e6
- https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f7c0f09e69e950cf3c5ada9dbde93898eb975533
- https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/121650
- https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/122233
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/01/msg00005.html
- https://mail.python.org/archives/list/security-announce@python.org/thread/QH3BUOE2DYQBWP7NAQ7UNHPPOELKISRW/
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6923
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20240926-0003/
Affected packages
Bitnami / libpython
Package
- Name
- libpython
- Purl
- pkg:bitnami/libpython
Severity
- 5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L CVSS Calculator