# CVE-2024-42370: Withdrawn Advisory: Litestar has an environment Variable injection in `docs-preview.yml` workflow

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2024-42370-withdrawn-advisory-litestar-has-an-environment-variable-injection  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2024-08-09  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

CVE-2024-42370 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2024-08-09

Withdrawn Advisory: Litestar has an environment Variable injection in `docs-preview.yml` workflow

Technologies: [litestar (PyPI)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/litestar). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/vendors/pypi).

## Quick answers

**Is CVE-2024-42370 exploited in the wild?** No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2024-42370 being exploited in the wild.

**How severe is CVE-2024-42370?** Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 9 August 2024.

**Which products and versions are affected?** litestar (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=2.10.0.

**Is there a fix for CVE-2024-42370?** No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.

**Am I affected by CVE-2024-42370?** Check whether you run litestar (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

## Affected products

- litestar (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,last_affected=2.10.0

## Identifiers

- CVE-2024-42370
- GHSA-4hq2-rpgc-r8r7

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