High

Command Injection in ungit

  • Disclosed: 22.03.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

The package ungit before 1.5.20 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) via argument injection. The issue occurs when calling the /api/fetch endpoint. User controlled values (remote and ref) are passed to the git fetch command. By injecting some git options it was possible to get arbitrary command execution.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package ungit < 1.5.20 1.5.20

References

CVSS score 8.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-77
Platform
npm
Package
ungit
Disclosed
22.03.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-hf8c-xr89-vfm5 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: ungit

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
08.2020 03.2022
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 1

Disclosures per year

  1. 2020: 1
  2. 2021: 0
  3. 2022: 1
  4. 2023: 0
  5. 2024: 0
  6. 2025: 0
  7. 2026: 0
  1. Command Injection in ungit this entry
    High · 8.8 CVE-2022-25766 < 1.5.20 1.5.20
  2. Critical CVE-2015-4130 < 0.9.0 0.9.0

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