What is GHSA-qcff-ffx3-m25c?

GHSA-qcff-ffx3-m25c is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Critical severity. Command Injection in meta-git

Why does GHSA-qcff-ffx3-m25c have no CVE ID yet?

GitHub Security Advisories published this advisory directly to customers before NVD assigned a CVE ID. This is the embargo-window disclosure pattern — vendors notify customers on day 0; NVD's public record follows days to weeks later.

Which products are affected by GHSA-qcff-ffx3-m25c?

GHSA-qcff-ffx3-m25c affects 1 product, including: npm/meta-git:\u003e= 0.0.0.

GHSA-qcff-ffx3-m25cCriticalDisclosed before NVD

Command Injection in meta-git

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

September 4, 2020

Last Modified

January 9, 2023

📋 Description

All versions of meta-git are vulnerable to Command Injection. The package fails to sanitize input and passes it directly to an exec call, which may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code in the system. The clone command is vulnerable through the branch name.

Recommendation

No fix is currently available. Consider using an alternative package until a fix is made available.

🎯 Affected products1

npm/meta-git:>= 0.0.0

🔗 References (3)

https://hackerone.com/reports/728040
https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/1457
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qcff-ffx3-m25c