Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting fish package, versions <3.4.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.3% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE317-FISH-3139536
  • published24 May 2022
  • disclosed14 Mar 2022

Introduced: 14 Mar 2022

CVE-2022-20001  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.17 fish to version 3.4.0-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fish package and not the fish package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.17 relevant fixed versions and status.

fish is a command line shell. fish version 3.1.0 through version 3.3.1 is vulnerable to arbitrary code execution. git repositories can contain per-repository configuration that change the behavior of git, including running arbitrary commands. When using the default configuration of fish, 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 into one controlled by the attacker, such as on a shared file system or extracted archive, fish will run arbitrary commands under the attacker's control. This problem has been fixed in fish 3.4.0. Note that running git in these directories, including using the git tab completion, remains a potential trigger for this issue. As a workaround, remove the fish_git_prompt function from the prompt.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1