Command Injection in composer - CVE-2024-35241
Published: June 11, 2024 / Updated: July 2, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU91684
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: 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-2024-35241
CWE-ID: CWE-77
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: getcomposer.org
Affected software:
composer
composer
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in the "status", "reinstall" and "remove" commands within git branch name. A remote 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2024-35241
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-47f6-5gq3-vx9c
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/b93fc6ca437da35ae73d667d0618749c763b67d4
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/ee28354ca8d33c15949ad7de2ce6656ba3f68704
- https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.2.24
- https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.7.7