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High · 7.8 CVE-2023-45805 EUVD-2023-2755GHSA-j44v-mmf2-xvm9PYSEC-2026-1763

Trojan Lockfilein pdm

Published Oct 20, 2023 · Updated Sep 12, 2024 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

pdm is a Python package and dependency manager supporting the latest PEP standards. It's possible to craft a malicious `pdm.lock` file that could allow e.g. an insider or a malicious open source project to appear to depend on a trusted PyPI project, but actually install another project. A project `foo` can be targeted by creating the project `foo-2` and uploading the file `foo-2-2.tar.gz` to pypi.org. PyPI will see this as project `foo-2` version `2`, while PDM will see this as project `foo` version `2-2`. The version must only be `parseable as a version` and the filename must be a prefix of the project name, but it's not verified to match the version being installed. Version `2-2` is also not a valid normalized version per PEP 440. Matching the project name exactly (not just prefix) would fix the issue. When installing dependencies with PDM, what's actually installed could differ from what's listed in `pyproject.toml` (including arbitrary code execution on install). It could also be used for downgrade attacks by only changing the version. This issue has been addressed in commit `6853e2642df` which is included in release version `2.9.4`. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
pdm-project pdm >= 2.0.0,< 2.9.4 —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 pdm 2.20.0.post1+ds1-1 —
Debian 13 pdm 2.20.0.post1+ds1-1 —
Debian 12 pdm No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 26.10 pdm No fix yet —
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS pdm No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 pdm No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Tumbleweed python-unearth 0.18.3-1.1 openSUSE-SU-2026:11541-1

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
PyPI pdm <= 2.9.3 — GHSA-j44v-mmf2-xvm9
PyPI pdm < 2.10.0 2.10.0 PYSEC-2026-1763

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