CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-42906
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2022-10-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-77
Description
powerline-gitstatus (aka Powerline Gitstatus) before 1.3.2 allows arbitrary code execution. git repositories can contain per-repository configuration that changes the behavior of git, including running arbitrary commands. When using powerline-gitstatus, changing to a directory automatically runs git commands in order to display information about the current repository in the prompt. If an attacker can convince a user to change their current directory to one controlled by the attacker, such as in a shared filesystem or extracted archive, powerline-gitstatus will run arbitrary commands under the attacker's control. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2022-20001.
Affected configurations
• powerline gitstatus project powerline gitstatus (< 1.3.2)
• debian debian linux 10.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness
References
- https://github.com/jaspernbrouwer/powerline-gitstatus/issues/45 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jaspernbrouwer/powerline-gitstatus/releases/tag/v1.3.2 Release Notes
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jaspernbrouwer/powerline-gitstatus/issues/45 Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/jaspernbrouwer/powerline-gitstatus/releases/tag/v1.3.2 Release Notes
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00017.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory