CVE-2021-3725 (GCVE-0-2021-3725)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-11-30 09:30 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:01
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
OS Command Injection in ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh
Summary
Vulnerability in dirhistory plugin Description: the widgets that go back and forward in the directory history, triggered by pressing Alt-Left and Alt-Right, use functions that unsafely execute eval on directory names. If you cd into a directory with a carefully-crafted name, then press Alt-Left, the system is subject to command injection. Impacted areas: - Functions pop_past and pop_future in dirhistory plugin.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-78 - OS Command Injection
References
1 reference
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/commit/06fc5fb | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ohmyzsh | ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh |
Affected:
unspecified , < 06fc5fb
(custom)
|
guessed |
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