CVE-2021-41116
In affected versions windows users running Composer to install untrusted dependencies are subject to command injection and should upgrade their composer version.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.90%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Composer is an open source dependency manager for the PHP language. In affected versions windows users running Composer to install untrusted dependencies are subject to command injection and should upgrade their composer version. Other OSs and WSL are not affected. The issue has been resolved in composer versions 1.10.23 and 2.1.9. There are no workarounds for this issue.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.90% probability · 86th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Affected
- getcomposer/composer · tenable/tenable.sc
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/ca5e2f8d505fd3bfac6f7c85b82f2740becbc0aaPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-frqg-7g38-6gcfThird Party Advisory
- https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/securing-developer-tools-package-managers/
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/ca5e2f8d505fd3bfac6f7c85b82f2740becbc0aaPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-frqg-7g38-6gcfThird Party Advisory
- https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/securing-developer-tools-package-managers/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.