PT-2025-17210 · Pycel · Pycel

Published 2025-04-17 · Updated 2025-07-11 · CVE-2024-53924

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Pycel versions 1.0b30 and earlier

Description The issue allows code execution via a crafted formula in a cell, such as one beginning with the =IF(A1=200, eval(" import ('os').system( substring.") in an untrusted spreadsheet.

Recommendations For versions 1.0b30 and earlier, as a temporary workaround, consider disabling the evaluation of crafted formulas in cells until a patch is available. Avoid using the eval() function in the affected spreadsheet processing until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-53924

GHSA-PW67-XJHQ-389W

PYSEC-2025-177

Affected Products

Pycel

References · 14

• 🔥 https://gist.github.com/aelmosalamy/cb098e61939718d2bb248fd1cc94f287 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-pw67-xjhq-389w · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-53924 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-53924 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/PYSEC-2025-177 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/dgorissen/pycel · Note
• https://github.com/stephenrauch/pycel · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1913455509488665024 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/aus_cen/status/1926703274050158820 · Twitter Post
• https://pypi.org/project/pycel · Note
• https://twitter.com/piedpiper1616/status/1913401404179505622 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvetracker/21873 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/128594 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/23274 · Telegram Post