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CVE-2024-29189
ansys-geometry-core OS Command Injection vulnerability
Vulnerability 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.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/security/advisories/GHSA-38jr-29fh-w9vm
- https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/pull/1076
- https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/pull/1077
- https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/commit/902071701c4f3a8258cbaa46c28dc0a65442d1bc
- https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/commit/f82346b9432b06532e84f3278125f5879b4e9f3f
- https://bandit.readthedocs.io/en/1.7.8/plugins/b602_subprocess_popen_with_shell_equals_true.html
- https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/blob/52cba1737a8a7812e5430099f715fa2160ec007b/src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/product_instance.py#L403-L428
Affected Vendor
ansys
View all reports →Affected Software
pyansys-geometry
Vulnerable Versions:
>= 0.3.0, < 0.3.3, >= 0.4.0, < 0.4.12
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 26th, 2024
Last Modified:
August 5th, 2024
Added to House:
July 22nd, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H