CVE-2023-24107 is a critical code execution backdoor found in the hour_of_code_python_2015 project, specifically within commit 520929797b9ca43bb818b2e8f963fb2025459fa3, due to a malicious 'request' package in its requirements.txt. This vulnerability, rated 9.8 CRITICAL, allows unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute arbitrary code and access sensitive user information with low attack complexity. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness and potential future interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2015-12-11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:hour_of_code_python_2015_project:hour_of_code_python_2015:2015-12-11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.