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CVE-2023-53158

The gix-transport crate before 0.36.1 for Rust allows command execution via the "gix clone 'ssh://-oProxyCommand=open$IFS" substring.

MEDIUM 4.1EPSS 0.17%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.17%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

The gix-transport crate before 0.36.1 for Rust allows command execution via the "gix clone 'ssh://-oProxyCommand=open$IFS" substring. NOTE: this was discovered before CVE-2024-32884, a similar vulnerability (involving a username field) that is more difficult to exploit.

CVSS 3.1
4.1 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.17% probability · 7th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-78
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.