#VU84825 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command in cocoapods-downloader - CVE-2022-24440
Published: December 28, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU84825
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: 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/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-24440
CWE-ID: CWE-88
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
cocoapods-downloader
cocoapods-downloader
Software vendor:
CocoaPods
CocoaPods
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to both the git and branch parameters are passed to the git ls-remote subcommand in a way that additional flags can be set when calling the Pod::Downloader.preprocess_options function and using git. A remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger the vulnerability to perform a command injection
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.