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powerline-gitstatus (aka Powerline Gitstatus) before 1.3.2 allows arbitrary code execution

Published Oct 13, 2022

Description

powerline-gitstatus (aka Powerline Gitstatus) before 1.3.2 allows arbitrary code execution. git repositories can contain per-repository configuration that changes the behavior of git, including running arbitrary commands. When using powerline-gitstatus, changing to a directory automatically runs git commands in order to display information about the current repository in the prompt. If an attacker can convince a user to change their current directory to one controlled by the attacker, such as in a shared filesystem or extracted archive, powerline-gitstatus will run arbitrary commands under the attacker's control. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2022-20001.

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Remediation

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 13, 2022
Updated May 15, 2025
Reserved Oct 13, 2022
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated May 15, 2025
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a
ENISA EUVD
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 13, 2022
Updated May 15, 2025
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2022-7172 GHSA-W67G-6GJV-C599