Mist vulnerable to user providing a Sudo binary for authentication checks

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-39245",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Mist vulnerable to user providing a Sudo binary for authentication checks",
    "summary": "Mist is the command-line interface for the makedeb Package Repository. Prior to version 0.9.5, a user-provided `sudo` binary via the `PATH` variable can allow a local user to run arbitrary commands on the user's system with root permissions. Versions 0.9.5 and later contain a patch. No known workarounds exist.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-39245",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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        "GHSA-pxg4-7c7r-2ww6"
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
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      "affected": [
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              "repo": "https://github.com/makedeb/mist",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
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                  "introduced": "0"
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                  "fixed": "e257561a32cffe3c541b265097959adaea3d6b67"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "v0.9.5"
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:makedeb:mist:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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          "versions": [
            "v0.9.4",
            "v0.9.3",
            "v0.9.2",
            "v0.9.1",
            "v0.9.0",
            "v0.8.0",
            "v0.7.0",
            "v0.6.2",
            "v0.6.1",
            "v0.6.0",
            "v0.5.0",
            "v0.4.2",
            "v0.4.1",
            "v0.4.0",
            "v0.3.4",
            "v0.3.3",
            "v0.3.2",
            "v0.3.1",
            "v0.3.0",
            "v0.2.0",
            "v0.1.1",
            "v0.1.0"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:21.567279939Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/makedeb/mist/releases/tag/v0.9.5",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/39xxx/CVE-2022-39245.json",
        "https://github.com/makedeb/mist/security/advisories/GHSA-pxg4-7c7r-2ww6",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39245",
        "https://github.com/makedeb/mist/commit/e257561a32cffe3c541b265097959adaea3d6b67"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-287",
          "CWE-305"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
        "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/39xxx/CVE-2022-39245.json"
      }
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 487599,
  "published_at": "2022-09-26T13:55:10+00:00"
}