CVE-2022-40764 Snyk CLI affected by Command Injection vulnerability
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands via malicious files viewed in IDEs using vulnerable Snyk CLI plugins or packages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-40764?
CVE-2022-40764 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Oct 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Snyk CLI before 1.996.0 allows arbitrary command execution, affecting Snyk IDE plugins and the snyk npm package. Exploitation could follow from the common practice of viewing untrusted files in the Visual Studio Code editor, for example. The original demonstration was with shell metacharacters in the vendor.json ignore field, affecting snyk-go-plugin before 1.19.1. This affects, for example, the Snyk TeamCity plugin (which does not update automatically) before 20220930.142957.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-40764?
4 open source packages ship an affected version, including snyk and snyk-go-plugin. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
snyk npm | All versions | 1.996.0 |
snyk npm | All versions | 1.996.0 |
snyk-go-plugin npm | All versions | 1.19.1 |
snyk-go-plugin npm | All versions | 1.19.1 |
Products include Snyk Cli, Snyk Golang Cli.
How do I fix CVE-2022-40764?
Upgrade snyk to 1.996.0 or later.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2022-40764 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-40764 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-hpqj-7cj6-hfj8.