CVE-2021-45444
Published: 14 February 2022
In zsh before 5.8.1, an attacker can achieve code execution if they control a command output inside the prompt, as demonstrated by a %F argument. This occurs because of recursive PROMPT_SUBST expansion.
Priority
CVSS 3 base score: 7.8
Notes
Author | Note |
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rodrigo-zaiden | The commits fdb8b0ce and bdc4d70a are related to a partial commit that can be used in case an user can't update to a patched version that contains c187154f commit. |
References
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2021-45444
- https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/c187154f47697cdbf822c2f9d714d570ed4a0fd1/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/fdb8b0ce6244ff26bf55e0fd825310a58d0d3156/
- https://sourceforge.net/p/zsh/code/ci/bdc4d70a7e033b754e68a8659a037ea0fc5f38de/
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5325-1
- NVD
- Launchpad
- Debian