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CVE-2021-41116

Command injection in composer on Windows

Published: Oct 5, 2021Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVD GHSACWE-77
NVD MITRE
8.2CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
2.9%
Top 14.9%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
1 Known
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

Composer is an open source dependency manager for the PHP language. In affected versions windows users running Composer to install untrusted dependencies are subject to command injection and should upgrade their composer version. Other OSs and WSL are not affected. The issue has been resolved in composer versions 1.10.23 and 2.1.9. There are no workarounds for this issue.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:CC:HI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-77

Affected Products

composergetcomposer
Library
OSS Libraries / packagist
tenable.sctenable
composer/composerPackagistOSS Libraries
composercomposer
Library
DevTools & CI / artifact-registry
getcomposeross-projectOSS Librariesaka composer php dependency manager
packagistpackage-ecosystemOSS Libraries
composeross-projectDevTools & CI

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

1 exploit source identified

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MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
Execution
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References

https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/ca5e2f8d505fd3bfac6f7c85b82f2740becbc0aa
github.com
https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-frqg-7g38-6gcf
github.com
https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/securing-developer-tools-package-managers/
sonarsource.com
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Timeline

Published
Oct 5, 2021
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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