CVE-2022-26945 — Vulnerability in...

CRITICAL

HashiCorp go-getter command injection

Published May 26, 2022Updated March 15, 2024Source: osv

Summary

HashiCorp go-getter before 2.0.2 allows Command Injection.

Advisory Timeline

First published May 26, 2022 (1600 days ago).
Last revised March 15, 2024 — 659 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Update github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/s3/v2 to 2.1.0 or later

go get github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/s3/v2@v2.1.0

Update github.com/hashicorp/go-getter to 2.1.0 or later

go get github.com/hashicorp/go-getter@v2.1.0

Update github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/v2 to 2.1.0 or later

go get github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/v2@v2.1.0

Update github.com/hashicorp/go-getter to 1.6.1 or later

go get github.com/hashicorp/go-getter@v1.6.1

Update github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/gcs/v2 to 2.1.0 or later

go get github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/gcs/v2@v2.1.0

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (5)

Affects 1 ecosystem: go (4).

Package	Ecosystem	Affected	Fixed In
github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/s3/v2	go	All versions	2.1.0
github.com/hashicorp/go-getter	go	All versions	2.1.0
github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/v2	go	All versions	2.1.0
github.com/hashicorp/go-getter	go	All versions	1.6.1
github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/gcs/v2	go	All versions	2.1.0

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CWE-77
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CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-26945?: HashiCorp go-getter command injection This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2022-26945?: CVE-2022-26945 affects github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/s3/v2, github.com/hashicorp/go-getter and github.com/hashicorp/go-getter/v2 (and 1 more). Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2022-26945 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score

9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-x24g-9w7v-vprh

CVE-2022-30321

CVE-2022-30322

CVE-2022-30323

GHSA-28r2-q6m8-9hpx

GHSA-cjr4-fv6c-f3mv

GHSA-fcgg-rvwg-jv58

GO-2022-0586

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