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1 vulnerability by powerline_gitstatus_project
CVE-2022-42906 (GCVE-0-2022-42906)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-10-13 00:00 – Updated: 2025-05-15 16:14
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
7.8 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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