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GHSA-QWP8-X4FF-5H87

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-02-03 22:34 – Updated: 2025-02-04 17:29

Summary

ZX Allows Environment Variable Injection for dotenv API

Details

Impact

This vulnerability is an Environment Variable Injection issue in dotenv.stringify, affecting google/zx version 8.3.1.

An attacker with control over environment variable values can inject unintended environment variables into process.env. This can lead to arbitrary command execution or unexpected behavior in applications that rely on environment variables for security-sensitive operations. Applications that process untrusted input and pass it through dotenv.stringify are particularly vulnerable.

Patches

This issue has been patched in version 8.3.2. Users should immediately upgrade to this version to mitigate the vulnerability.

Workarounds

If upgrading is not feasible, users can mitigate the vulnerability by sanitizing user-controlled environment variable values before passing them to dotenv.stringify. Specifically, avoid using ", ', and backticks in values, or enforce strict validation of environment variables before usage.

References

Severity ?

5.2 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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  },
  "details": "### Impact\nThis vulnerability is an **Environment Variable Injection** issue in `dotenv.stringify`, affecting `google/zx`  version **8.3.1**.\n\nAn attacker with control over environment variable values can inject unintended environment variables into `process.env`. This can lead to **arbitrary command execution** or **unexpected behavior** in applications that rely on environment variables for security-sensitive operations. Applications that process untrusted input and pass it through `dotenv.stringify` are particularly vulnerable.\n\n### Patches\nThis issue has been **patched** in version **8.3.2**. Users should **immediately upgrade** to this version to mitigate the vulnerability.\n\n### Workarounds\nIf upgrading is not feasible, users can mitigate the vulnerability by **sanitizing user-controlled environment variable values** before passing them to `dotenv.stringify`. Specifically, avoid using `\"`, `\u0027`, and backticks in values, or enforce strict validation of environment variables before usage.\n\n### References\n- [Issue Report](https://github.com/google/zx/issues/)\n- [Security Policy](https://github.com/google/zx/security/policy)\n- [Google Vulnerability Disclosure](https://g.co/vulnz)\n- [Patch](https://github.com/google/zx/pull/1094)",
  "id": "GHSA-qwp8-x4ff-5h87",
  "modified": "2025-02-04T17:29:11Z",
  "published": "2025-02-03T22:34:08Z",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/webpod/envapi/blob/v0.2.1/src/main/ts/envapi.ts#L74-L77"
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "ZX Allows Environment Variable Injection for dotenv API"
}

CVE-2025-24959 (GCVE-0-2025-24959)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-02-03 20:48 – Updated: 2025-02-12 20:51

Title

Environment Variable Injection for dotenv API in zx

Summary

zx is a tool for writing better scripts. An attacker with control over environment variable values can inject unintended environment variables into `process.env`. This can lead to arbitrary command execution or unexpected behavior in applications that rely on environment variables for security-sensitive operations. Applications that process untrusted input and pass it through `dotenv.stringify` are particularly vulnerable. This issue has been patched in version 8.3.2. Users should immediately upgrade to this version to mitigate the vulnerability. If upgrading is not feasible, users can mitigate the vulnerability by sanitizing user-controlled environment variable values before passing them to `dotenv.stringify`. Specifically, avoid using `"`, `'`, and backticks in values, or enforce strict validation of environment variables before usage.

Severity ?

1 (Low)


                        
                          CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CWE

CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/google/zx/security/advisories/…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/google/zx/pull/1094	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	google	zx	Affected: >= 8.3.0, < 8.3.2

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Sightings

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Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-QWP8-X4FF-5H87

Impact

Patches

Workarounds

References

CVE-2025-24959 (GCVE-0-2025-24959)

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