# CVE-2024-40647: Unintentional exposure of environment variables to subprocesses in sentry-sdk

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-1917, GHSA-G92J-QHMH-64V2
- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.8.0, 1.45.1
- Published: 2024-07-18 · Updated: 2026-06-01

## Affected

- getsentry sentry-python: fixed in 2.8.0
- sentry-sdk (PyPI): fixed in 1.45.1; from 2.0.0a1, fixed in 2.8.0
- sentry-sdk (PyPI): from 2.0.0a1, fixed in 2.8.0
- sentry-sdk (PyPI): fixed in 1.45.1

## Description

sentry-sdk is the official Python SDK for Sentry.io. A bug in Sentry's Python SDK < 2.8.0 allows the environment variables to be passed to subprocesses despite the `env={}` setting. In Python's `subprocess` calls, all environment variables are passed to subprocesses by default. However, if you specifically do not want them to be passed to subprocesses, you may use `env` argument in `subprocess` calls. Due to the bug in Sentry SDK, with the Stdlib integration enabled (which is enabled by default), this expectation is not fulfilled, and all environment variables are being passed to subprocesses instead. The issue has been patched in pull request #3251 and is included in sentry-sdk==2.8.0. We strongly recommend upgrading to the latest SDK version. However, if it's not possible, and if passing environment variables to child processes poses a security risk for you, you can disable all default integrations.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on getsentry sentry-python, sentry-sdk, upgrade to a fixed version (2.8.0, 1.45.1) per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-python/security/advisories/GHSA-g92j-qhmh-64v2
- https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-python/pull/3251
- https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-python/commit/763e40aa4cb57ecced467f48f78f335c87e9bdff
- https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html
- https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/python/integrations/default-integrations
- https://docs.sentry.io/platforms/python/integrations/default-integrations/#stdlib
- https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-python/releases/tag/2.8.0

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