CVE-2024-39934

Summary

CVE-2024-39934 is a newly disclosed vulnerability affecting Robotmk before version 2.0.1. This issue grants local users the ability to escalate their privileges, potentially reaching the SYSTEM level, due to a misconfiguration in the automated Python environment setup. The "shared holotree usage" feature, which allows any user to edit any Python environment, is the root cause of this vulnerability. This issue poses a significant risk, especially in environments where automated setup processes are widely employed. Users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to the latest version of Robotmk as soon as possible to mitigate this threat.

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