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Command injection in git-it-electron

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 8, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 27, 2023

Package

npm git-it-electron (npm)

Affected versions

<= 4.3.0

Patched versions

None

Description

Git-it through 4.4.0 allows OS command injection at the Branches Aren't Just For Birds challenge step. During the verification process, it attempts to run the reflog command followed by the current branch name (which is not sanitized for execution).

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 7, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 8, 2021
Reviewed Dec 9, 2021
Last updated Jan 27, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-44685

GHSA ID

GHSA-wjqc-j537-j9gj

Source code

Credits

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