CVE-2024-35242
Composer has multiple command injections via malicious git/hg branch names
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 23.8%
Description
### Impact The `composer install` command running inside a git/hg repository which has specially crafted branch names can lead to command injection. So this requires cloning untrusted repositories. ### Patches 2.2.24 for 2.2 LTS or 2.7.7 for mainline ### Workarounds Avoid cloning potentially compromised repositories.
How to fix CVE-2024-35242
To remediate CVE-2024-35242, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.2.24 or later
- —upgrade to 2.0.9-2+deb11u3 or later
- —upgrade to 2.2.24 or later
Is CVE-2024-35242 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 23.8%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (3)
- >= 2.0.0, < 2.2.24, >= 2.3.0, < 2.7.7
- from 0, < 2.0.9-2+deb11u3
- >= 2.0, < 2.2.24
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |