Command Injection in ripgrep - CVE-2021-3013
Published: June 14, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU54081
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-3013
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary programs from the current working directory via the -z/--search-zip or --pre flag.
Affected software
ripgrep
How to mitigate CVE-2021-3013
Install updates from vendor's website.
ripgrep - update to 13.0.0