CVE-2025-30370
These directory names are allowed in macOS and a majority of Linux distributions.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.58%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
jupyterlab-git is a JupyterLab extension for version control using Git. On many platforms, a third party can create a Git repository under a name that includes a shell command substitution string in the syntax $(<command>). These directory names are allowed in macOS and a majority of Linux distributions. If a user starts jupyter-lab in a parent directory of this inappropriately-named Git repository, opens it, and clicks "Git > Open Git Repository in Terminal" from the menu bar, then the injected command <command> is run in the user's shell without the user's permission. This issue is occurring because when that menu entry is clicked, jupyterlab-git opens the terminal and runs cd <git-repo-path> through the shell to set the current directory. Doing so runs any command substitution strings present in the directory name, which leads to the command injection issue described here. A previous patch provided an incomplete fix. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.51.1.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.58% probability · 46th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab-git/blob/7eb3b06f0092223bd5494688ec264527bbeb2195/src/commandsAndMenu.tsx#L175-L184
- https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab-git/commit/b46482993f76d3a546015c6a94ebed8b77fc2376
- https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab-git/pull/1196
- https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab-git/security/advisories/GHSA-cj5w-8mjf-r5f8
- https://github.com/jupyterlab/jupyterlab-git/security/advisories/GHSA-cj5w-8mjf-r5f8
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.