ansys-geometry-core OS Command Injection vulnerability
Priority HIGH 69CWE-78Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
PyAnsys Geometry is a Python client library for the Ansys Geometry service and other CAD Ansys products. On file src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/product_instance.py, upon calling this method _start_program directly, users could exploit its usage to perform malicious operations on the current machine where the script is ran. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.3.3 and 0.4.12.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00337 27th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed pyansys-geometry (ansys): 0.3.3, 0.4.12ansys-geometry-core (PyPI): 0.3.3, 0.4.12
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ansys | pyansys-geometry | 0.3.0 to before 0.3.3; 0.4.0 to before 0.4.12 | 0.3.3, 0.4.12 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | ansys-geometry-core (PyPI) | 0.3.0 to before 0.3.3 | 0.3.3 | Patch available | GHSA-38jr-29fh-w9vm |
| — | ansys-geometry-core (PyPI) | 0.4.0 to before 0.4.12 | 0.4.12 | Patch available | GHSA-38jr-29fh-w9vm |
- pyansys-geometry VendorAnsys Affected 0.3.0 to before 0.3.3; 0.4.0 to before 0.4.12 Fixed in 0.3.3, 0.4.12 Patch available CNA
- ansys-geometry-core (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 0.3.0 to before 0.3.3 Fixed in 0.3.3 Patch available GHSA-38jr-29fh-w9vm
- ansys-geometry-core (PyPI) Vendor— Affected 0.4.0 to before 0.4.12 Fixed in 0.4.12 Patch available GHSA-38jr-29fh-w9vm
Remediation
- Fix · CNA pyansys-geometry (ansys) Fixed in 0.3.3, 0.4.12
- Fix · GHSA-38jr-29fh-w9vm ansys-geometry-core (PyPI) Fixed in 0.3.3 Advisory →
- Fix · GHSA-38jr-29fh-w9vm ansys-geometry-core (PyPI) Fixed in 0.4.12 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-29189
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-38jr-29fh-w9vm
References
Patch 3
- https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/commit/902071701c4f3a8258cbaa46c28dc0a65442d1bc
- https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/commit/f82346b9432b06532e84f3278125f5879b4e9f3f
- https://github.com/ansys/pyansys-geometry/blob/52cba1737a8a7812e5430099f715fa2160ec007b/src/ansys/geometry/core/connection/product_instance.py#L403-L428
Sources
- CVE-2024-29189 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-29189 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-38jr-29fh-w9vm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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