GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-cxgf-v2p8-7ph7 NuProcess vulnerable to command-line injection through insertion of NUL character(s)

HIGH Published 2022-09-30 Modified 2022-09-30 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2022-39243
Ecosystem
Maven
Packages
com.zaxxer:nuprocess
Severity
High
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-77
Reviewed
2022-09-30

Affected packages

• Maven com.zaxxer:nuprocess: >= 1.2.0, < 2.0.5 → fixed in 2.0.5

Description

Impact In all the versions of NuProcess where it forks processes by using the JVM's Java_java_lang_UNIXProcess_forkAndExec method (1.2.0+), attackers can use NUL characters in their strings to perform command line injection. Java's ProcessBuilder isn't vulnerable because of a check in ProcessBuilder.start. NuProcess is missing that check. This vulnerability can only be exploited to inject command line arguments on Linux. • On macOS, any argument with a NUL character is truncated at that character. This means the malicious arguments are never seen by the started process. • On Windows, the entire command line is truncated at the first NUL character. This means the malicious arguments, and any intentional arguments provided after them, are never seen by the started process. Patches 2.0.5 Workarounds Users of the library can sanitize command strings to remove NUL characters prior to passing them to NuProcess for execution. References None.

Related

Alias · CVE (1)

  • CVE-2022-39243 NuProcess is an external process execution implementation for Java. vulnerability

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness

References