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RUSTSEC-2023-0064 (CVE-2023-53158)

Vulnerability from osv_rustsec – Published: 2023-09-23 12:00 – Updated: 2025-10-28 06:02 – Source website

Summary

gix-transport code execution vulnerability

Details

The gix-transport crate prior to the patched version 0.36.1 would allow attackers to use malicious ssh clone URLs to pass arbitrary arguments to the ssh program, leading to arbitrary code execution.

PoC: gix clone 'ssh://-oProxyCommand=open$IFS-aCalculator/foo'

This will launch a calculator on OSX.

See https://secure.phabricator.com/T12961 for more details on similar vulnerabilities in git.

Thanks to vin01 for disclosing the issue.

References

URL

Type

	https://crates.io/crates/gix-transport	PACKAGE
	https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0064.html	ADVISORY
	https://github.com/Byron/gitoxide/pull/1032	WEB
	https://secure.phabricator.com/T12961	WEB

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CVE-2023-53158 (GCVE-0-2023-53158)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-28 00:00 – Updated: 2025-07-28 17:24

Summary

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.

Severity

4.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-07-28 17:23 UTC

CWE

CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2339 records in the last 180 days details

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0064.html
https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/pull/1032
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrjw-j4m2-mf34
https://crates.io/crates/gix-transport

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
GitoxideLabs	gix-transport	Affected: 0 , < 0.36.1 (semver)

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GHSA-RRJW-J4M2-MF34

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-09-25 20:21 – Updated: 2025-07-28 15:37

Summary

gix-transport code execution vulnerability

Details

PoC: gix clone 'ssh://-oProxyCommand=open$IFS-aCalculator/foo'

This will launch a calculator on OSX.

See https://secure.phabricator.com/T12961 for more details on similar vulnerabilities in git.

Thanks for vin01 for disclosing this issue.

Severity

4.1 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

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