DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42906

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-42906
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42906.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42906
Upstream
Published
2022-10-13T03:15:09.130Z
Modified
2025-11-20T10:16:04.367823Z
Severity
  • 7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Debian:11 / powerline-gitstatus

Package

Name
powerline-gitstatus
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/powerline-gitstatus?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.2-0+deb11u1

Affected versions

1.*

1.3.1-2
1.3.1-3
1.3.1-4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / powerline-gitstatus

Package

Name
powerline-gitstatus
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/powerline-gitstatus?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / powerline-gitstatus

Package

Name
powerline-gitstatus
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/powerline-gitstatus?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14 / powerline-gitstatus

Package

Name
powerline-gitstatus
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/powerline-gitstatus?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.2-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}