CVE-2022-25648 Command Injection
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands via argument injection in the Ruby git library's fetch function, requiring an upgrade to mitigate.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-25648?
CVE-2022-25648 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Apr 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The package git before 1.11.0 are vulnerable to Command Injection via git argument injection. When calling the fetch(remote = 'origin', opts = {}) function, the remote parameter is passed to the git fetch subcommand in a way that additional flags can be set. The additional flags can be used to perform a command injection.
Weakness: CWE-88
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25648?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including git. It affects 4 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
git Bitnami | All versions | 1.11.0 |
git RubyGems | All versions | 1.11.0 |
git RubyGems | All versions | 1.11.0 |
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Git Git.
How do I fix CVE-2022-25648?
Upgrade git to 1.11.0 or later.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2022-25648 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25648 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as BIT-git-2022-25648, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-25648, GHSA-69p6-wvmq-27gg, MGASA-2022-0248, SNYK-RUBY-GIT-2421270, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-25648.