CVE-2022-42906

published 2022-10-13

CVE-2022-42906: powerline-gitstatus (aka Powerline Gitstatus) before 1.3.2 allows arbitrary code execution. git repositories can contain per-repository configuration that…

Priority P3 41 high 7.8 CVSS 3.1

AV L AC L PR N UI R S U C H I H A H

powerline-gitstatus (aka Powerline Gitstatus) before 1.3.2 allows arbitrary code execution. git repositories can contain per-repository configuration that changes the behavior of git, including running arbitrary commands. When using powerline-gitstatus, changing to a directory automatically runs git commands in order to display information about the current repository in the prompt. If an attacker can convince a user to change their current directory to one controlled by the attacker, such as in a shared filesystem or extracted archive, powerline-gitstatus will run arbitrary commands under the attacker's control. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2022-20001.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	powerline-gitstatus	< powerline-gitstatus 1.3.2-1 (bookworm)	powerline-gitstatus 1.3.2-1 (bookworm)
powerline_gitstatus_project	powerline_gitstatus	< 1.3.2	1.3.2

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.1 7.8 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

ghsa 7.8 HIGH

osv 7.8 HIGH

vendor_debian 7.8 HIGH

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