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CVE-2024-29189

ansys-geometry-core OS Command Injection vulnerability

Published: Mar 26, 2024Updated: Dec 15, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-78
7.4HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
0.3%
Top 73.5%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:LAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:LAttack Vector
Local
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-78

Affected Products

ansys
commercial·USaka ansys inc., ansys, inc.
pyansys geometryOn-prem
DevTools & CI
pyansys-geometryOn-prem
DevTools & CI
PyPI
package-ecosystem
ansys-geometry-core
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://bandit.readthedocs.io/en/1.7.8/plugins/b602_subprocess_popen_with_shell_equals_true.html
bandit.readthedocs.io
https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/blob/52cba1737a8a7812e5430099f715fa2160ec007b/src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/product_instance.py#L403-L428
github.com
https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/commit/902071701c4f3a8258cbaa46c28dc0a65442d1bc
github.com
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