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CVE-2023-53158

Published: Jul 28, 2025

Modified: Jul 28, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

4.1

MEDIUM

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
GitoxideLabs	gix-transport	affected `0 - < 0.36.1`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

References

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

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