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Remote code execution in simple-git

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jan 26, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

npm simple-git (npm)

Affected versions

< 3.16.0

Patched versions

3.16.0

Description

Versions of the package simple-git before 3.16.0 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via the clone(), pull(), push() and listRemote() methods, due to improper input sanitization. This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix of CVE-2022-25912.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 26, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 26, 2023
Reviewed Jan 27, 2023
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

No CWEs

CVE ID

CVE-2022-25860

GHSA ID

GHSA-9w5j-4mwv-2wj8

Source code

No known source code
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