# CVE-2026-84361: Composer: Perforce source URL permits P4PORT \`rsh:\` command execution

- Also known as: GHSA-RVX4-FFVW-M9Q3, BIT-COMPOSER-2026-84361
- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 2.2.30, 2.10.3
- Published: 2026-09-01 · Updated: 2026-09-03

## Affected

- composer: from 1.0, fixed in 2.2.30; from 2.3.0, fixed in 2.10.3
- composer/composer (Packagist): from 2.3.0, fixed in 2.10.3
- composer/composer (Packagist): from 1.0, fixed in 2.2.30

## Description

Composer is a dependency Manager for the PHP language. From 1.0 until 2.2.30 and 2.10.3, a malicious dependency package from a custom Composer repository or an untrusted composer.lock file could set source.type to perforce and source.url to an rsh: or jsh: P4PORT value. When the Perforce p4 client was installed and Composer installed the package from source through composer install or composer update, including --prefer-source, Composer\Util\Perforce passed the address to p4 without validation, causing p4 to run a local command with the privileges of the user or CI account. Packagist.org does not permit Perforce source metadata. This issue is fixed in versions 2.2.30 and 2.10.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on composer, composer/composer, upgrade to a fixed version (2.2.30, 2.10.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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

## References

- https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-rvx4-ffvw-m9q3
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/0aac50528e83ed635cf788333635897469440220
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/199ad81a9cc6a2a5164ad79a8da26b2e19e521af
- https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.10.3
- https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.2.30
- https://github.com/Saku0512/CVE-2026-84361-poc

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