CVE-2024-3955 — cbpi4
CRITICALCVE-2024-3955 is a critical-severity (CVSS 9.8) Code Injection vulnerability in cbpi4. A fix is available for cbpi4 — see the affected versions and patch details below.
CraftBeerPi 4 allows arbitrary code execution
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation observed yet
- CISA assesses this as automatable — exploitation doesn’t require manual, per-target effort, which raises the odds of mass scanning and opportunistic attacks.
- A successful exploit gives an attacker total control of the affected component, not partial access.
- CISA’s own triage has not observed active exploitation or public proof-of-concept code for this CVE as of its last assessment.
Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2024-3955.
EPSS Exploitation Probability
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) is a daily probability model maintained by FIRST.org. It estimates the likelihood a CVE will be exploited in production environments within the next 30 days, derived from real-world threat intelligence signals.
How urgent is this, really
CVE-2024-3955 plotted by exploitation likelihood (EPSS) against impact (CVSS). The shaded corner — EPSS 50%+ and CVSS 7.0+ — is where this CVE doesn't sit, though severity or exploitability alone can still warrant action.
Where this sits among everything scored
Of 377,636 CVEs with a current EPSS score, this one falls in the < 10% band (highlighted). Real counts from FIRST.org, not a sample — log-scaled since the landscape is heavily right-skewed.
Real-World Exposure
cbpi4Real-time download stats are indexed for npm and PyPI packages. This vulnerability affects PyPI packages — download data is not available via public APIs for these ecosystems.
Description
URL GET parameter "logtime" utilized within the "downloadlog" function from "cbpi/http_endpoints/http_system.py" is subsequently passed to the "os.system" function in "cbpi/controller/system_controller.py" without prior validation allowing arbitrary code execution. This issue affects CraftBeerPi 4: from 4.0.0.58 (commit 563fae9) before 4.4.1.a1 (commit 57572c7).
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | cbpi4 | ≥ 4.0.0.58&&< 4.4.1.a1 | 4.4.1.a1pip install --upgrade 'cbpi4==4.4.1.a1' |
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for cbpi4, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update cbpi4 to 4.4.1.a1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2024-3955 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
How O3 protects you
O3 Security's impact-aware SCA analyses which vulnerable code paths your application actually calls, so a match like CVE-2024-3955 can be triaged on real exposure rather than presence alone.
Tailored to CVE-2024-3955. Runtime protection reduces exposure until a permanent patch is applied and verified — it complements patching, it doesn't replace it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is CVE-2024-3955 in your dependencies?
O3 Security finds CVE-2024-3955 across PyPI dependencies, including transitive ones, and its impact-aware SCA ranks findings by whether your code actually calls the vulnerable path.