Arbitrary Argument Injection Affecting checkov package, versions <3.2.525-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.71% (52nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-WOLFILATEST-CHECKOV-16436903
  • published6 May 2026
  • disclosed7 May 2026

Introduced: 6 May 2026

CVE-2026-42284  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-88  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Wolfi checkov to version 3.2.525-r0 or higher.

NVD Description

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

GitPython is a python library used to interact with Git repositories. Prior to version 3.1.47, _clone() validates multi_options as the original list, then executes shlex.split(" ".join(multi_options)). A string like "--branch main --config core.hooksPath=/x" passes validation (starts with --branch), but after split becomes ["--branch", "main", "--config", "core.hooksPath=/x"]. Git applies the config and executes attacker hooks during clone. This issue has been patched in version 3.1.47.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1