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GHSA-23f7-99jx-m54r
No affected components available
Impact
Remote code execution vulnerability in dependabot-common and dependabot-go_modules when a source branch name contains malicious injectable bash code.
For example, if Dependabot is configured to use the following source branch name: "/$({curl,127.0.0.1})", Dependabot will make a HTTP request to the following URL: 127.0.0.1 when cloning the source repository.
When Dependabot is configured to clone the source repository during an update, Dependabot runs a shell command to git clone the repository:
git clone --no-tags --no-recurse-submodules --depth=1 --branch=<BRANCH> --single-branch <GITHUB_REPO_URL> repo/contents/path
Dependabot will always clone the source repository for go_modules during the file fetching step and can be configured to clone the repository for other package managers using the FileFetcher class from dependabot-common.
source = Dependabot::Source.new(
provider: "github",
repo: "repo/name",
directory: "/",
branch: "/$({curl,127.0.0.1})",
)
repo_contents_path = "./file/path"
fetcher = Dependabot::FileFetchers.for_package_manager("bundler").
new(source: source, credentials: [],
repo_contents_path: repo_contents_path)
fetcher.clone_repo_contents
Patches
The fix was applied to version 0.125.1: https://github.com/dependabot/dependabot-core/pull/2727
Workarounds
Escape the branch name prior to passing it to the Dependabot::Source class.
For example using shellwords:
require "shellwords"
branch = Shellwords.escape("/$({curl,127.0.0.1})")
source = Dependabot::Source.new(
provider: "github",
repo: "repo/name",
directory: "/",
branch: branch,
)
The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker needs basic access or low-level privileges. The attacker needs the user to perform some action, like clicking a link. The vulnerability can affect other systems as well, not just the initial system. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data.
Exploitation activity has been observed. Apply available patches or mitigations urgently.
The exploit probability is very low. The vulnerability is unlikely to be exploited in the next 30 days.
We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.
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