HIGH8.1

GHSA-9p95-fxvg-qgq2

simple-git vulnerable to Remote Code Execution when enabling the ext transport protocol

Quick fix

GHSA-9p95-fxvg-qgq2 — simple-git: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

npm install simple-git@3.15.0

Details

The package simple-git before 3.15.0 is 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](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SIMPLEGIT-2434306).

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Affected packages

npm/simple-git

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 3.15.0

Fixnpm install simple-git@3.15.0

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25912[ADVISORY]
https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/commit/774648049eb3e628379e292ea172dccaba610504[WEB]
https://github.com/steveukx/git-js[PACKAGE]
https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/blob/main/docs/PLUGIN-UNSAFE-ACTIONS.md%23overriding-allowed-protocols[WEB]
https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/releases/tag/simple-git%403.15.0[WEB]
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-3153532[WEB]
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SIMPLEGIT-3112221[WEB]