CVE-2022-42906

HIGH

powerline-gitstatus < 1.3.2 - Remote Code Execution via Malicious Git Repository Configuration

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

powerline-gitstatus (aka Powerline Gitstatus) before 1.3.2 allows arbitrary code execution. git repositories can contain per-repository configuration that changes the behavior of git, including running arbitrary commands. When using powerline-gitstatus, changing to a directory automatically runs git commands in order to display information about the current repository in the prompt. If an attacker can convince a user to change their current directory to one controlled by the attacker, such as in a shared filesystem or extracted archive, powerline-gitstatus will run arbitrary commands under the attacker's control. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2022-20001.

References (3)

Core 3

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0057
EPSS Percentile 68.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-77
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 10.0
powerline_gitstatus_project/powerline_gitstatus < 1.3.2
pypi/powerline-gitstatus 0 - 1.3.2PyPI
Published Oct 13, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026