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UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24803 (CVE-2022-24803)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2022-04-01 00:15 – Updated: 2026-05-20 14:55 – Source website

Details

Asciidoctor-include-ext is Asciidoctor’s standard include processor reimplemented as an extension. Versions prior to 0.4.0, when used to render user-supplied input in AsciiDoc markup, may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on the host operating system. This attack is possible even when allow-uri-read is disabled! The problem has been patched in the referenced commits.

Severity

10.0 (Critical)


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

9.8 (Critical)


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

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-24803	REPORT
	https://github.com/jirutka/asciidoctor-include-ex…	REPORT
	https://github.com/jirutka/asciidoctor-include-ex…	REPORT
	https://github.com/jirutka/asciidoctor-include-ex…	REPORT
	https://github.com/jirutka/asciidoctor-include-ex…	REPORT
	https://github.com/jirutka/asciidoctor-include-ex…	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24803	REPORT

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CVE-2022-24803 (GCVE-0-2022-24803)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-31 23:30 – Updated: 2025-04-22 18:17

Title

Command Injection vulnerability in asciidoctor-include-ext

Summary

Asciidoctor-include-ext is Asciidoctor’s standard include processor reimplemented as an extension. Versions prior to 0.4.0, when used to render user-supplied input in AsciiDoc markup, may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on the host operating system. This attack is possible even when `allow-uri-read` is disabled! The problem has been patched in the referenced commits.

Severity

10 (Critical)


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

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: yes Technical Impact: total

CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)

Decision recorded 2025-04-22 15:37 UTC

CWE

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

Assigner

GitHub_M mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://github.com/jirutka/asciidoctor-include-ex…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/jirutka/asciidoctor-include-ex…	x_refsource_MISC
https://github.com/jirutka/asciidoctor-include-ex…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
jirutka	asciidoctor-include-ext	Affected: < 0.4.0

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