PT-2023-12824 · Unknown · Simple-Git

Santos Gallegos · CVE-2022-25860 · Published 2023-01-24 · Updated 2026-05-13

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions simple-git versions prior to 3.16.0

Description The issue is related to Remote Code Execution (RCE) due to improper input sanitization in the clone(), pull(), push(), and listRemote() methods. This vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix of a previous issue.

Recommendations For versions prior to 3.16.0, update to version 3.16.0 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the clone(), pull(), push(), and listRemote() methods until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

OS Command Injection

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-25860

GHSA-9W5J-4MWV-2WJ8

GHSA-JCXM-M3JX-F287

Affected Products

Simple-Git

References · 19

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/25xxx/CVE-2022-25860.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SIMPLEGIT-3177391 · Exploit
• https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/commit/ec97a39ab60b89e870c5170121cd9c1603cc1951 · Patch
• https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/pull/881/commits/95459310e5b8f96e20bb77ef1a6559036b779e13 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25860 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-9w5j-4mwv-2wj8 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-jcxm-m3jx-f287 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-25860 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-28291 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-25860 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/blob/789c13ebabcf18ebe0b3a0c88ebb4037dede42e3/simple-git/src/lib/plugins/block-unsafe-operations-plugin.ts#L26 · Note
• https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/releases/tag/simple-git%403.32.0 · Note
• https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/commit/1effd8e5012a5da05a9776512fac3e39b11f2d2d · Note
• https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/security/advisories/GHSA-jcxm-m3jx-f287 · Note
• https://github.com/steveukx/git-js · Note