ghsa-rrjw-j4m2-mf34
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-09-25 20:21
Modified
2025-07-28 15:37
Severity ?
4.1 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Summary
gix-transport code execution vulnerability
Details

The gix-transport crate prior to the patched version 0.36.1 would allow attackers to use malicious ssh clone URLs to pass arbitrary arguments to the ssh program, leading to arbitrary code execution.

PoC: gix clone 'ssh://-oProxyCommand=open$IFS-aCalculator/foo'

This will launch a calculator on OSX.

See https://secure.phabricator.com/T12961 for more details on similar vulnerabilities in git.

Thanks for vin01 for disclosing this issue.

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "crates.io",
        "name": "gix-transport"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
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            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.36.1"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-53158"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-78",
      "CWE-88"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-09-25T20:21:16Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The `gix-transport` crate prior to the patched version 0.36.1 would allow attackers to use malicious ssh clone URLs to pass arbitrary arguments to the `ssh` program, leading to arbitrary code execution.\n\nPoC: `gix clone \u0027ssh://-oProxyCommand=open$IFS-aCalculator/foo\u0027`\n\nThis will launch a calculator on OSX.\n\nSee https://secure.phabricator.com/T12961 for more details on similar vulnerabilities in `git`.\n\nThanks for [vin01](https://github.com/vin01) for disclosing this issue.",
  "id": "GHSA-rrjw-j4m2-mf34",
  "modified": "2025-07-28T15:37:24Z",
  "published": "2023-09-25T20:21:16Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53158"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/pull/1032"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0064.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    }
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  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "gix-transport code execution vulnerability"
}


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