CVE-2024-34062: tqdm CLI arguments injection attack

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2024-05-03 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-74

Description

tqdm is an open source progress bar for Python and CLI. Any optional non-boolean CLI arguments (e.g. `--delim`, `--buf-size`, `--manpath`) are passed through python's `eval`, allowing arbitrary code execution. This issue is only locally exploitable and had been addressed in release version 4.66.3. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

tqdm: from 4.4.0, < 4.66.3

References

https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/commit/4e613f84ed2ae029559f539464df83fa91feb316
https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/security/advisories/GHSA-g7vv-2v7x-gj9p
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PA3GIGHPWAHCTT4UF57LTPZGWHAX3GW6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QRECVQCCESHBS3UJOWNXQUIX725TKNY6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VA337CYUS4SLRFV2P6MX6MZ2LKFURKJC/
https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/commit/4e613f84ed2ae029559f539464df83fa91feb316
https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/security/advisories/GHSA-g7vv-2v7x-gj9p
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PA3GIGHPWAHCTT4UF57LTPZGWHAX3GW6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QRECVQCCESHBS3UJOWNXQUIX725TKNY6/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VA337CYUS4SLRFV2P6MX6MZ2LKFURKJC/

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