CVE-2022-25860 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Versions of the package simple-git before 3.16.0 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via the clone(), pull(), push() and listRemote() methods, due to improper input sanitization.
This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix of [CVE-2022-25912](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SIMPLEGIT-3112221).

Published: 2023-01-24

Score: 8.1 High

EPSS: 41.1% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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simple-git

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 3.16.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:simple-git_project:simple-git:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-9w5j-4mwv-2wj8	Remote code execution in simple-git

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity High

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.41149.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/commit/ec97a39ab60b89e870c5170121cd9c1603cc1951
https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/pull/881/commits/95459310e5b8f96e20bb77ef1a6559036b779e13
https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SIMPLEGIT-3177391

History

Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Weaknesses		CWE-78
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Simple-git Project Simple-git

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: snyk

Published: 2023-01-24T05:00:02.399Z

Updated: 2025-04-01T15:29:18.377Z

Reserved: 2022-02-24T11:58:25.171Z

Link: CVE-2022-25860

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T04:49:44.156Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-26T21:15:31.073

Modified: 2025-04-01T16:15:15.807

Link: CVE-2022-25860

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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