Command Injection in composer - CVE-2021-41116
Published: October 6, 2021
Vulnerability identifier: #VU57096
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2021-41116
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation on Windows. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
composer
Tenable.sc
Fedora
composer
Tenable.sc
Fedora
composer
How to mitigate CVE-2021-41116
Install updates from vendor's website.
composer - addressed in versions 1.10.23, 2.1.9
Tenable.sc - update to 5.21.0
composer - update to 1.10.26-1.el7
Tenable.sc - update to 5.21.0
composer - update to 1.10.26-1.el7