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ubuntu-cve-2023-53158

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

Published

2025-07-28 01:15

Modified

2026-05-20 15:04

Summary

Details

The gix-transport crate before 0.36.1 for Rust allows command execution via the "gix clone 'ssh://-oProxyCommand=open$IFS" substring. NOTE: this was discovered before CVE-2024-32884, a similar vulnerability (involving a username field) that is more difficult to exploit.

Severity

4.1 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

N/A (UNKNOWN)


                    
                      medium

References

URL

Type

	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-53158	REPORT
	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53158	REPORT
	https://crates.io/crates/gix-transport	REPORT
	https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrjw-j4m2-mf34	REPORT
	https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/pull/1032	REPORT
	https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0064.html	REPORT

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  "modified": "2026-05-20T15:04:34Z",
  "published": "2025-07-28T01:15:00Z",
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    },
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    },
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      "type": "REPORT",
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    }
  ],
  "related": [],
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
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      "score": "medium",
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    }
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  ]
}

CVE-2023-53158 (GCVE-0-2023-53158)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-28 00:00 – Updated: 2025-07-28 17:24

Summary

Severity

4.1 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

SSVC

Exploitation: poc Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial

CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)

CWE

CWE-78 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Assigner

mitre

References

4 references

URL	Tags
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0064.html
https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/pull/1032
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrjw-j4m2-mf34
https://crates.io/crates/gix-transport

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
GitoxideLabs	gix-transport	Affected: 0 , < 0.36.1 (semver)

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ubuntu-cve-2023-53158

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu

CVE-2023-53158 (GCVE-0-2023-53158)

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