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GHSA-9c4g-fp4r-prrv

CriticalCVSS 9.8 / 10
Published Sep 30, 2025·Last modified Oct 3, 2025
Affected Components(0)

No affected components available

Description

All versions of the package check-branches are vulnerable to Command Injection.

check-branches is a command-line tool that is interacted with locally, or via CI, to confirm no conflicts exist in git branches.

However, the library follows these conventions which can be abused:

  1. It trusts branch names as they are (plain text)
  2. It spawns git commands by concatenating user input

Since a branch name is potentially a user input - as users can create branches remotely via pull requests, or simply due to privileged access to a repository - it can effectively be abused to run any command.

Risk Scores
Base Score
9.8

The vulnerability can be exploited over the network without needing physical access. It is easy for an attacker to exploit this vulnerability. An attacker does not need any special privileges or access rights. No user interaction is needed for the attacker to exploit this vulnerability. The impact is confined to the system where the vulnerability exists. There is a high impact on the confidentiality of the information. There is a high impact on the integrity of the data. There is a high impact on the availability of the system.

Threat Intelligence
9.0

Active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. Immediate patching or mitigation is required.

EPSS
N/A

Probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Exploit
Not available

We did not find any exploit available. Neither in GitHub repositories nor in the Exploit-Database.

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