{"id":"CVE-2023-24816","aliases":["GHSA-29gw-9793-fvw7","PYSEC-2023-17"],"title":"IPython vulnerable to command injection via set_term_title","summary":"IPython vulnerable to command injection via set_term_title","severity":"medium","cvss":4.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L","vendor":"ipython","product":"ipython","ecosystem":"pip","affected":["ipython < 8.10.0"],"patched":["ipython 8.10.0"],"published":"2023-02-10","updated":"2026-09-10","sourceUpdated":"2026-09-10T03:49:51.926049793Z","source":"OSV","sourceUrl":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-29gw-9793-fvw7","references":[{"url":"https://github.com/ipython/ipython/security/advisories/GHSA-29gw-9793-fvw7"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-24816"},{"url":"https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/385d69325319a5972ee9b5983638e3617f21cb1f"},{"url":"https://github.com/ipython/ipython/commit/991849c247fc208628879e7ca2923b3c218a5a75"},{"url":"https://github.com/Carreau/ipython/blob/7557ade0ed927475d5ab5b573d0ea4febfb22683/docs/source/whatsnew/version8.rst#ipython-810"},{"url":"https://github.com/ipython/ipython"},{"url":"https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/3f0bf05f072a91b2a3042d23ce250e5e906183fd/IPython/utils/terminal.py#L103-L117"},{"url":"https://github.com/ipython/ipython/blob/56e6925dfa50e2c7f4a6471547b8176275db7c25/IPython/utils/_process_win32.py#L20"},{"url":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipython/PYSEC-2023-17.yaml"}],"tags":["osv","pip"],"epss":0.01306,"epssPercentile":0.693,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-17T19:00:50.526Z","slug":"CVE-2023-24816","body":"## Overview\n\nIPython 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.\n\n## Affected packages\n\n- `ipython < 8.10.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade to a patched release:\n\n- `ipython 8.10.0`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":25,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":24.8,"likelihood":0.3,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}