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CVE-2022-21235 (GCVE-0-2022-21235)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-04-01 15:55 – Updated: 2024-09-17 00:20
VLAI
Title
Command Injection
Summary
The package github.com/masterminds/vcs before 1.13.3 are vulnerable to Command Injection via argument injection. When hg is executed, argument strings are passed to hg in a way that additional flags can be set. The additional flags can be used to perform a command injection.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • Command Injection
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a github.com/Masterminds/vcs Affected: unspecified , < 1.13.3 (custom)
Date Public
2022-04-01 00:00
Credits
Alessio Della Libera of Snyk Research Team
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