CVE-2023-24107 — hour_of_code_python_2015 commit 520929797b9ca43bb818b2e8f963fb2025459fa3 was dis

hour_of_code_python_2015 commit 520929797b9ca43bb818b2e8f963fb2025459fa3 was discovered to contain a code execution backdoor via the request package (requirements.txt). This vulnerability allows attackers to access sensitive user information and execute arbitrary code.

01What is this vulnerability?

hour_of_code_python_2015 commit 520929797b9ca43bb818b2e8f963fb2025459fa3 was discovered to contain a code execution backdoor via the request package (requirements.txt). This vulnerability allows attackers to access sensitive user information and execute arbitrary code.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-02-22T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-13T19:43:56.794Z

09References

• mirrors.neusoft.edu.cn — https://mirrors.neusoft.edu.cn/pypi/web/simple/request/
• github.com — https://github.com/jminh/hour_of_code_python_2015/
• github.com — https://github.com/jminh/hour_of_code_python_2015/issues/4