# CVE-2021-3190: The async-git package before 1.13.2 for Node.js allows OS Command Injection via shell metacharacters, as demonstrated by git.reset and git.t

- Also known as: GHSA-6C3F-P5WP-34MH
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.13.2
- Published: 2021-01-21 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- async-git (npm): fixed in 1.13.2

## Description

The async-git package before 1.13.2 for Node.js allows OS Command Injection via shell metacharacters, as demonstrated by git.reset and git.tag.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, async-git, upgrade to a fixed version (1.13.2) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/omrilotan/async-git/pull/13
- https://github.com/omrilotan/async-git/pull/13/commits/a5f45f58941006c4cc1699609383b533d9b92c6a
- https://github.com/omrilotan/async-git/pull/13/commits/611823bd97dd41e9e8127c38066868ff9dcfa57a
- https://github.com/omrilotan/async-git/pull/14
- https://advisory.checkmarx.net/advisory/CX-2021-4772

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