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CVE-2023-24816

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-24816 is a command injection vulnerability affecting IPython versions prior to 8.1.0, specifically on Windows systems where the ctypes library is unavailable. This vulnerability, rated High severity with a CVSS score of 7.0, requires user interaction and high attack complexity, allowing an attacker to inject shell commands if untrusted input is passed to the set_term_title function. While the core ipython binary is not directly affected, applications using IPython as a library could be vulnerable. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ipython:ipython:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

4.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.29%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
67.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0129 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 386 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.2 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: ipythonFixed in: 8.10.0

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-29gw-9793-fvw7low

IPython vulnerable to command injection via set_term_title

Feb 10, 2023

References

github.com / ipython/ipython/blob/3f0bf05f072a91b2a3042d23ce250e5e906183fd/IPython/utils/terminal.py
Issue Tracking
github.com / ipython/ipython/blob/56e6925dfa50e2c7f4a6471547b8176275db7c25/IPython/utils/_process_win32.py
Issue Tracking
github.com / ipython/ipython/commit/385d69325319a5972ee9b5983638e3617f21cb1f
Patch
github.com / ipython/ipython/security/advisories/GHSA-29gw-9793-fvw7
ExploitMitigationVendor Advisory