CVE-2020-7698 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) OS Command Injection vulnerability in gerapy. A fix is available for gerapy — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Command injection in Gerapy
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2020-7698 by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). Outside the shaded patch-first corner.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 385,987 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Counts from FIRST.org, log-scaled.
Real-World Exposure
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Description
This affects the package Gerapy from 0 and before 0.9.3. The input being passed to Popen, via the project_configure endpoint, isn’t being sanitized.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | gerapy | all versions | 0.9.3pip install --upgrade 'gerapy==0.9.3' |
Affected Products
gerapygerapyDetection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for gerapy, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update gerapy to 0.9.3 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2020-7698 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Stop passing untrusted input into the interpreter or shell: call the affected binary with an argument array rather than a composed command string, reject anything outside a strict allowlist of expected values, and run the component under an account that cannot reach beyond the work it legitimately does.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2020-7698 in your dependencies?
Find it across PyPI, including transitive dependencies.