OS Command Injection in Simple Git - CVE-2022-25912
Published: May 17, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU89615
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-2022-25912
CWE-ID: CWE-78
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists when enabling the ext transport protocol, which makes it exploitable via clone() method. A remote unauthenticated attacker can pass specially crafted data to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Affected software
Simple Git
IBM i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration
Storage Ceph
IBM i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration
Storage Ceph
How to mitigate CVE-2022-25912
Install updates from vendor's website.
Simple Git - update to 3.15.0
IBM i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration - update to 1.4.7
Storage Ceph - update to 7.1
IBM i Modernization Engine for Lifecycle Integration - update to 1.4.7
Storage Ceph - update to 7.1
External References
- https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/commit/774648049eb3e628379e292ea172dccaba610504
- https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/releases/tag/simple-git%403.15.0
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-3153532
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SIMPLEGIT-3112221
- https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/blob/main/docs/PLUGIN-UNSAFE-ACTIONS.md%23overriding-allowed-protocols