Advisory record · GHSA-pq7m-3gw7-gq5x

Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in ipython

CVSS 8.2 HighEPSS 0.0065 · 51st percentile

Published by the GitHub Advisory Database at 21 Jan 2022, 18:55 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known.

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed in
ipythonPyPI<5.11 || >=6.0.0, <7.16.3 || >=7.17.0, <7.31.1 || >=8.0.0, <8.0.15.11, 7.16.3, 7.31.1, 8.0.1
Identifiers
GHSA-pq7m-3gw7-gq5x · CVE-2022-21699 · PYSEC-2022-12
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-250 · CWE-269 · CWE-279
Published
21 Jan 2022
Updated
10 Sept 2026

Machine-written summary

Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.

IPython versions below 5.11, from 6.0.0 before 7.16.3, from 7.17.0 before 7.31.1, and from 8.0.0 before 8.0.1 are affected. A local user can cause IPython to execute untrusted files in the current working directory, so one user can run code as another user who starts IPython there. Upgrade to 8.0.1, 7.31.1, 7.16.3 (for Python 3.6), or 5.11 (for older Python versions).

Written 5 Nov 2026.

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Severity and exploitation

ScoreRatingCVSSVectorSource
8.2 High 3.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CNA (GitHub_M)
  • CISA KEV Not listed.
  • EPSS 0.0065, the 51st percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  1. 31 Oct 2026, 14:37 UTC First seen by agentprime
  2. 31 Oct 2026, 14:37 UTC Confirmed by OSV

Sources

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