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OS command injection in ripgrep

Critical severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 5, 2021 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

cargo grep-cli (Rust)

Affected versions

< 0.1.6

Patched versions

0.1.6
cargo ripgrep (Rust)
< 13.0.0
13.0.0

Description

ripgrep before 13 on Windows allows attackers to trigger execution of arbitrary programs from the current working directory via the -z/--search-zip or --pre flag.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jun 11, 2021
Reviewed Jun 14, 2021
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 5, 2021
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Critical
9.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2021-3013

GHSA ID

GHSA-g4xg-fxmg-vcg5

Source code

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