CVE-2021-41116

Composer is an open source dependency manager for the PHP language. In affected versions windows users running Composer to install untrusted dependencies are subject to command injection and should upgrade their composer version. Other OSs and WSL are not affected. The issue has been resolved in composer versions 1.10.23 and 2.1.9. There are no workarounds for this issue.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/ca5e2f8d505fd3bfac6f7c85b82f2740becbc0aa	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-frqg-7g38-6gcf	Third Party Advisory
https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/securing-developer-tools-package-managers/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:getcomposer:composer::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:getcomposer:composer::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:tenable:tenable.sc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2021-10-05 18:15

Updated : 2023-10-25 18:16

NVD link : CVE-2021-41116

Mitre link : CVE-2021-41116

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2021-41116

JSON object : View

Products Affected

tenable

tenable.sc

getcomposer

composer

CWE

CWE-77

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

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