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Fencer Intel
high 8.1

CVE-2022-21187 json

Command Injection

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-mv2w-4jqc-6fg4 , PYSEC-2022-163 , PYSEC-2026-563 , EUVD-2022-0137

cvss
8.1
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.6%
EPSS 3.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The package libvcs before 0.11.1 are vulnerable to Command Injection via argument injection. When calling the update_repo function (when using hg), the url parameter is passed to the hg clone command. By injecting some hg options it was possible to get arbitrary command execution.

Patch / fix

  • pypi libvcs 0.11.1
  • pypi vcspull 1.11.1
  • n/a libvcs 0.11.1

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Exploit prediction

3.62% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
pypi libvcs
<0.11.1
0.11.1
pypi vcspull
<1.11.1
1.11.1

Affected products

  • n/a libvcs

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

Sources

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