id: PYSEC-2026-1094
published: "2026-07-07T14:34:56.945764Z"
modified: "2026-07-07T17:23:35.058178Z"
aliases:
- CVE-2024-8238
- GHSA-r229-5wgf-f28g
summary: Aim Improper Access Control
details: In version 3.22.0 of aimhubio/aim, the AimQL query language uses an outdated version of the safer_getattr() function from RestrictedPython. This version does not protect against the str.format_map() method, allowing an attacker to leak server-side secrets or potentially gain unrestricted code execution. The vulnerability arises because str.format_map() can read arbitrary attributes of Python objects, enabling attackers to access sensitive variables such as os.environ. If an attacker can write files to a known location on the Aim server, they can use str.format_map() to load a malicious .dll/.so file into the Python interpreter, leading to unrestricted code execution.
affected:
- package:
    name: aim
    ecosystem: PyPI
    purl: pkg:pypi/aim
  ranges:
  - type: ECOSYSTEM
    events:
    - introduced: 3.0.0
    - last_affected: 3.22.0
  versions:
  - 3.0.0
  - 3.0.1
  - 3.0.2
  - 3.0.3
  - 3.0.4
  - 3.0.5
  - 3.0.6
  - 3.0.7
  - 3.1.0
  - 3.1.1
  - 3.10.0
  - 3.10.0.dev9
  - 3.10.1
  - 3.10.2
  - 3.10.3
  - 3.11.0
  - 3.11.0.dev4
  - 3.11.1
  - 3.11.1.dev1
  - 3.11.2
  - 3.12.0
  - 3.12.0.dev2
  - 3.12.1
  - 3.12.2
  - 3.13.0
  - 3.13.1
  - 3.13.2
  - 3.13.3
  - 3.13.4
  - 3.14.0
  - 3.14.1
  - 3.14.2
  - 3.14.3
  - 3.14.4
  - 3.15.0
  - 3.15.1
  - 3.15.2
  - 3.16.0
  - 3.16.1
  - 3.16.2
  - 3.17.0
  - 3.17.1
  - 3.17.2
  - 3.17.3
  - 3.17.4
  - 3.17.5
  - 3.17.5rc1
  - 3.17.5rc2
  - 3.17.5rc3
  - 3.17.5rc4
  - 3.18.0
  - 3.18.0.dev2
  - 3.18.0.dev3
  - 3.18.0.dev4
  - 3.18.0.dev5
  - 3.18.1
  - 3.19.0
  - 3.19.1
  - 3.19.2
  - 3.19.3
  - 3.2.0
  - 3.2.1
  - 3.2.2
  - 3.20.1
  - 3.21.0
  - 3.22.0
  - 3.3.0
  - 3.3.1
  - 3.3.2
  - 3.3.3
  - 3.3.4
  - 3.3.5
  - 3.4.0
  - 3.4.1
  - 3.5.0
  - 3.5.1
  - 3.5.2
  - 3.5.3
  - 3.5.4
  - 3.6.0
  - 3.6.1
  - 3.6.2
  - 3.6.3
  - 3.7.0
  - 3.7.1
  - 3.7.2
  - 3.7.3
  - 3.7.4
  - 3.7.5
  - 3.8.0
  - 3.8.1
  - 3.9.0a1
  - 3.9.0a14
  - 3.9.2
  - 3.9.3
  - 3.9.4
references:
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-8238
- type: PACKAGE
  url: https://github.com/aimhubio/aim
- type: WEB
  url: "https://github.com/aimhubio/aim/blob/main/aim/storage/query.py#L45"
- type: WEB
  url: https://huntr.com/bounties/4e140ef9-f6d1-4e68-a44c-3b9e856924d3
- type: PACKAGE
  url: https://pypi.org/project/aim
- type: ADVISORY
  url: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r229-5wgf-f28g
severity:
- type: CVSS_V3
  score: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N