CVE-2024-6923

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2024-6923DEBIAN-CVE-2024-6923RHSA-2024:6146RHSA-2024:6179RHSA-2024:7137RHSA-2024:8103ALPINE-CVE-2024-6923CGA-3jv9-prh3-4wm4CGA-5m35-cpxg-fj89CGA-636m-jp5w-pg8vCGA-827x-gmjg-9c64CGA-gv43-j4f9-gg5xCGA-j47h-c25q-cg33CGA-mcxg-mxxc-xvc4CGA-mrrh-xj39-5m4jCGA-pg5x-hhh9-m8f8CGA-62gv-qv2m-554cCGA-r85q-q2q6-whhhCGA-v8r2-jh59-gpqfCGA-w4vc-m33f-5vp7CGA-ww99-4p7m-xvc3
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 45
Deferred
Published: 01 Aug 2024, 13:40
Last modified:03 Nov 2025, 22:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
22/100
CVSS Score
5.5 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
1.1% LOW
1% probability +0.85%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 Aug 2024, 13:40
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
03 Nov 2025, 22:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

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.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 6.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 1.10%• Percentile: 64%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-94•Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

    The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment.

Affected Systems

  • alpine•python3

    < 3.10.15-r0 | < 3.11.10-r0 | < 3.11.10-r0 | < 3.12.6-r0 | < 3.12.5-r0 | < 3.12.5-r0 | < 3.12.5-r0 | < 3.12.5-r0

  • chainguard•nodejs-18

    < 18.20.8-r4

  • chainguard•nodejs-20

    < 20.19.5-r0

  • chainguard•nodejs-22

    < 22.21.1-r0 | < 22.21.1-r1

  • chainguard•python-3.10

    < 3.10.15-r0

  • chainguard•python-3.11

    < 3.11.10-r0

  • chainguard•python-3.12

    < 3.12.5-r0

  • chainguard•python-3.9

    < 3.9.20-r0

  • wolfi•nodejs-18

    < 18.20.8-r4

  • wolfi•nodejs-20

    < 20.19.5-r0

  • wolfi•nodejs-22

    < 22.21.1-r0 | < 22.21.1-r1

  • wolfi•python-3.10

    < 3.10.15-r0

  • wolfi•python-3.11

    < 3.11.10-r0

  • wolfi•python-3.12

    < 3.12.5-r0

  • debian•pypy3

    < 7.3.5+dfsg-2+deb11u5 | all | < 7.3.18+dfsg-1 | < 7.3.18+dfsg-1

  • debian•python2.7

    all

  • debian•python3.11

    < 3.11.2-6+deb12u5

  • debian•python3.13

    < 3.13.0~rc2-1 | < 3.13.0~rc2-1

  • debian•python3.9

    < 3.9.2-1+deb11u2

  • ubuntu•python2.7

    < 2.7.6-8ubuntu0.6+esm21 | < 2.7.12-1ubuntu0~16.04.18+esm12 | < 2.7.17-1~18.04ubuntu1.13+esm7 | < 2.7.18-1~20.04.5 | < 2.7.18-13ubuntu1.3

  • ubuntu•python3.10

    < 3.10.12-1~22.04.6

  • ubuntu•python3.11

    all | all

  • ubuntu•python3.12

    < 3.12.3-1ubuntu0.2

  • ubuntu•python3.4

    all

  • ubuntu•python3.5

    all

  • ubuntu•python3.6

    all

  • ubuntu•python3.7

    all

  • ubuntu•python3.8

    all | < 3.8.10-0ubuntu1~20.04.12

  • ubuntu•python3.9

    all

  • python software foundation•cpython

    < 3.8.20 | ≥ 3.9.0, < 3.9.20 | ≥ 3.10.0, < 3.10.15 | ≥ 3.11.0, < 3.11.10 | ≥ 3.12.0, < 3.12.5 | ≥ 3.13.0a1, < 3.13.0rc2

  • redhat•mod_wsgi

    < 0:4.7.1-4.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249 | < 0:4.7.1-5.module+el8.7.0+16654+645aad7f

  • redhat•numpy

    < 0:1.19.4-2.module+el8.4.0+15042+dc5a279b.1 | < 0:1.19.4-3.module+el8.5.0+12204+54860423

  • redhat•numpy-debugsource

    < 0:1.19.4-2.module+el8.4.0+15042+dc5a279b.1 | < 0:1.19.4-3.module+el8.5.0+12204+54860423

  • redhat•python-cffi

    < 0:1.14.3-2.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249

  • redhat•python-cffi-debugsource

    < 0:1.14.3-2.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249

  • redhat•python-chardet

    < 0:3.0.4-19.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249

  • redhat•python-cryptography

    < 0:3.3.1-2.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249

  • redhat•python-cryptography-debugsource

    < 0:3.3.1-2.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249

  • redhat•python-idna

    < 0:2.10-3.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249

  • redhat•python-lxml

    < 0:4.6.2-2.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249 | < 0:4.6.5-1.module+el8.6.0+13933+9cf0c87c

  • redhat•python-lxml-debugsource

    < 0:4.6.2-2.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249 | < 0:4.6.5-1.module+el8.6.0+13933+9cf0c87c

  • redhat•python-ply

    < 0:3.11-10.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249

  • redhat•python-psutil

    < 0:5.8.0-4.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249

  • redhat•python-psutil-debugsource

    < 0:5.8.0-4.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249

  • redhat•python-psycopg2

    < 0:2.8.6-2.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249

  • redhat•python-psycopg2-debugsource

    < 0:2.8.6-2.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249

  • redhat•python-pycparser

    < 0:2.20-3.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249

  • redhat•python-PyMySQL

    < 0:0.10.1-2.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249

  • redhat•python-pysocks

    < 0:1.7.1-4.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249

  • redhat•python-requests

    < 0:2.25.0-2.module+el8.4.0+9822+20bf1249

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