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powerline-gitstatus — security advisory
powerline-gitstatus (aka Powerline Gitstatus) before 1.3.2 allows arbitrary code execution. git repositories can contain per-repository configuration that changes the behavior of git, including running arbitrary commands. When using powerline-gitstatus, changing to a directory automatically runs git commands in order to display information about the current repository in the prompt. If an attacker can convince a user to change their current directory to one controlled by the attacker, such as in a shared filesystem or extracted archive, powerline-gitstatus will run arbitrary commands under the attacker's control. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2022-20001.
- Products
- powerline-gitstatus
- Affected versions
- 1.3.1-1, 1.3.1-2, 1.3.1-3, 1.3.2-1, 1.3.3-1, 1.3.3-1build1
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-42906
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 01:38 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
powerline-gitstatus (aka Powerline Gitstatus) before 1.3.2 allows arbitrary code execution. git repositories can contain per-repository configuration that changes the behavior of git, including running arbitrary commands. When using powerline-gitstatus, changing to a directory automatically runs git commands in order to display information about the current repository in the prompt. If an attacker can convince a user to change their current directory to one controlled by the attacker, such as in a shared filesystem or extracted archive, powerline-gitstatus will run arbitrary commands under the attacker's control. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2022-20001.
osv:UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42906
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Complete source record
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