High
Remote Code Execution (RCE)
Type: advisorySources: OSV
The package ungit before 1.5.20 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via argument injection. The issue occurs when calling the /api/fetch endpoint. User controlled values (remote and ref) are passed to the git fetch command. By injecting some git options it was possible to get arbitrary command execution.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-25766
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 4 Nov 2026, 16:34 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
The package ungit before 1.5.20 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via argument injection. The issue occurs when calling the /api/fetch endpoint. User controlled values (remote and ref) are passed to the git fetch command. By injecting some git options it was possible to get arbitrary command execution.
osv:CVE-2022-25766
Complete source record
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"references": [
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