Command injection in simple-git

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2022-24433 · GHSA-3f95-r44v-8mrg · Published 11/03/2022 · updated 17/06/2026

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
simple-git simple-git_project	`< 3.3.0`	`3.3.0`
simple-git npm	`< 3.3.0`	`3.3.0`

Description

The package simple-git before 3.3.0 is vulnerable to Command Injection via argument injection. When calling the .fetch(remote, branch, handlerFn) function, both the remote and branch parameters are passed to the git fetch subcommand. By injecting some git options, it was possible to get arbitrary command execution.

NVD description

The package simple-git before 3.3.0 are vulnerable to Command Injection via argument injection. When calling the .fetch(remote, branch, handlerFn) function, both the remote and branch parameters are passed to the git fetch subcommand. By injecting some git options it was possible to get arbitrary command execution.

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-24433 · ADVISORY
steveukx/git-js#767 · WEB
steveukx/git-js · PACKAGE
steveukx/git-js release [email protected] · WEB
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-2421245 · WEB
snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SIMPLEGIT-2421199 · WEB

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