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GHSA-6fgx-x7m2-74qm json

tracexec has `env` command argument injection via environment variables starting with dash in traced exec events

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Summary

### Impact

For tracexec's command line reconstruction feature, when a traced process executes another process with a environment variable where the key starts with a dash, tracexec incorrectly shows its commandline where such environment variables could cause argument injection for the `env` command. Such an injection is completely at the UI level unless the user tries to copy the command line with the injection and paste it into a terminal to execute it.

A minimal POC is executing `env -- -a=b bash --norc` in tracexec's TUI mode. The resulting command line of `env` executing bash would be `env -a bash -a=b _=/usr/bin/env /usr/bin/bash --norc` in tracexec's TUI, which injects `-a=b` into `env`'s arguments.

This has very limited effect for security. A local adversarial could leverage this to make tracexec show an inaccurate reconstructed commandline for their executed command. If the user of tracexec decides to copy and run the reconstructed commandline, there could be injection for `env`'s `--block-signal`, `--default-signal`, `--ignore-signal`, `--split-string`, `--unset`, `--chdir`, `--argv0` arguments.

### Patches The fix is https://github.com/kxxt/tracexec/pull/118. Users are advised to upgrade to 0.14.0.

### Workarounds

Don't blindly paste and execute commands copied from tracexec that contains environment variable where the key starts with a dash.

Patch / fix

  • crates.io tracexec 0.14.0

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Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
crates.io tracexec
<0.14.0
0.14.0

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command
  • CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command

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