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CVE-2024-41815 — Vulnerability in starship — CVE Details

HIGH

Starship vulnerable to shell injection via undocumented, unpredictable shell expansion in custom commands

Published July 26, 2024Updated December 22, 2025Source: osv

Summary

## Description Starship is a cross-shell prompt. Starting in version 1.0.0 and prior to version 1.20.0, undocumented and unpredictable shell expansion and/or quoting rules make it easily to accidentally cause shell injection when using custom commands with starship in bash. Version 1.20.0 fixes the vulnerability. ### PoC Have some custom command which prints out information from a potentially untrusted/unverified source. ``` [custom.git_commit_name] command = 'git show -s --format="%<(25,mtrunc)%s"' style = "italic" when = true ``` ### Impact This issue only affects users with custom commands, so the scope is limited, and without knowledge of others' commands, it could be hard to successfully target someone.

Advisory Timeline

  • First published July 26, 2024 (808 days ago).
  • Last revised December 22, 2025 — 514 days after initial publication.

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

Cargo
Update starship to 1.20.0 or later
cargo update -p starship --precise 1.20.0

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

Affected Packages (1)

Affects 1 ecosystem: crates.io (1).

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
starship
crates.io
All versions1.20.0

Vulnerability Classification

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

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 7.4 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

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

References

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2024-41815?
Starship vulnerable to shell injection via undocumented, unpredictable shell expansion in custom commands This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of HIGH (CVSS score: 7.4/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2024-41815?
CVE-2024-41815 affects starship. Use GeekWala's free vulnerability scanner to check your dependencies against CVE-2024-41815 and 200,000+ other known vulnerabilities.

Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
7.4

High exploitability or significant impact. Prioritize remediation within days.

Also Known As

GHSA-vx24-x4mv-vwr5
RUSTSEC-2024-0446

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