cve-2021-45444
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-02-13 05:32
Modified
2024-08-04 04:39
Severity
Summary
In zsh before 5.8.1, an attacker can achieve code execution if they control a command output inside the prompt, as demonstrated by a %F argument. This occurs because of recursive PROMPT_SUBST expansion.
References
SourceURLTags
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/33Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/35Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2022/May/38Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/02/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2P3LPMGENEHKDWFO4MWMZSZL6G7Y4CV7/
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BWF3EXNBX5SVFDBL4ZFOD4GJBWFUKWN4/
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213255Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213256Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT213257Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/63Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5078Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://zsh.sourceforge.io/releases.htmlRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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