[Debichem-devel] Bug#1064514: pymatgen: CVE-2024-23346

[Moritz Mühlenhoff]

Source: pymatgen
X-Debbugs-CC: team at security.debian.org
Severity: grave
Tags: security

Hi,

The following vulnerability was published for pymatgen.

CVE-2024-23346[0]:
| Pymatgen (Python Materials Genomics) is an open-source Python
| library for materials analysis. A critical security vulnerability
| exists in the
| `JonesFaithfulTransformation.from_transformation_str()` method
| within the `pymatgen` library prior to version 2024.2.20. This
| method insecurely utilizes `eval()` for processing input, enabling
| execution of arbitrary code when parsing untrusted input. Version
| 2024.2.20 fixes this issue.

https://github.com/materialsproject/pymatgen/security/advisories/GHSA-vgv8-5cpj-qj2f
https://github.com/materialsproject/pymatgen/commit/c231cbd3d5147ee920a37b6ee9dd236b376bcf5a


If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-23346
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-23346

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.