RHSA-2024:11048 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: python-virtualenv security update
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · December 16, 2024
Updated · November 4, 2026
Topic
An update for python-virtualenv is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) offers a full virtualization solution forLinux on numerous hardware platforms. The virt:rhel module contains packageswhich provide user-space components used to run virtual machines using KVM.The packages also provide APIs for managing and interacting with the virtualized systems.
Security Fix(es):
- virtualenv: potential command injection via virtual environment activation scripts (CVE-2024-53899)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.