RHSA-2024:11048 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: python-virtualenv security update

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 7

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.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2024:11048 — Red Hat Security Advisory: python-virtualenv security update | PulseLinux