Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting go.mozilla.org/sops/v3/cmd/sops package, versions <3.7.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GOMOZILLAORGSOPSV3CMDSOPS-1296103
  • published21 May 2021
  • disclosed20 May 2021
  • creditRyotaK

Introduced: 20 May 2021

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade go.mozilla.org/sops/v3/cmd/sops to version 3.7.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Windows users using the sops direct editor option (sops file.yaml) can have a local executable named either vi, vim, or nano executed if running sops from cmd.exe.

This attack is only viable if an attacker is able to place a malicious binary within the directory from which you are running sops. Also, this attack is only possible when using cmd.exe or the Windows C library SearchPath function. This is a result of these Windows tools including . within their PATH by default.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1