high8.8
CVE-2024-35241
Composer has a command injection via malicious git branch name
Impact
### Impact The `status`, `reinstall` and `remove` commands with packages installed from source via git containing specially crafted branch names in the repository can be used to execute code. ### Patches 2.2.24 for 2.2 LTS or 2.7.7 for mainline ### Workarounds Avoid installing dependencies via git by using `--prefer-dist` or the `preferred-install: dist` config setting.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| composer | composer/composer | >= 2.0, < 2.2.24 | 2.2.24 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- GitHub advisory
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/b93fc6ca437da35ae73d667d0618749c763b67d4
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/ee28354ca8d33c15949ad7de2ce6656ba3f68704
- https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-47f6-5gq3-vx9c
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PO4MU2BC7VR6LMHEX4X7DKGHVFXZV2MC/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VLPJHM2WWSYU2F6KHW2BYFGYL4IGTKHC/
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2024-35241-detect-composer-vulnerability
- https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/cve-2024-35241-mitigate-vulnerable-composer
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-47f6-5gq3-vx9c
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35241
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VLPJHM2WWSYU2F6KHW2BYFGYL4IGTKHC
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PO4MU2BC7VR6LMHEX4X7DKGHVFXZV2MC