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CVE-2024-35242

Composer vulnerable to command injection via malicious git/hg branch names

Published: Jun 10, 2024Updated: Feb 13, 2025 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSA BDUCWE-77
8.8HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
3.3%
Top 13.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. On the 2.x branch prior to versions 2.2.24 and 2.7.7, the `composer install` command running inside a git/hg repository which has specially crafted branch names can lead to command injection. This requires cloning untrusted repositories. Patches are available in version 2.2.24 for 2.2 LTS or 2.7.7 for mainline. As a workaround, avoid cloning potentially compromised repositories.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-77

Affected Products

ООО «РусБИТех-Астра»
commercial·RUaka rusbitech-astra
Astra Linux Special EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Astra Linux Common EditionOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
ООО «Ред Софт»
commercial·RUaka red soft
РЕД ОСOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
Nils Adermann, Jordi Boggiano
individual-dev·DEaka composer
ComposerLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
АО «НППКТ»
commercial·RU
ОСОН ОСнова ОnyxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
composer
oss-project
composerLibrary
DevTools & CI / artifact-registry
Packagist
package-ecosystem
composer/composer
OSS Libraries

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/6bd43dff859c597c09bd03a7e7d6443822d0a396
github.com
https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/fc57b93603d7d90b71ca8ec77b1c8a9171fdb467
github.com
https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-v9qv-c7wm-wgmf
github.com
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