Improper escaping of command arguments on Windows leading to command injection
### Impact Windows users running Composer to install untrusted dependencies are affected and should definitely upgrade for safety. Other OSs and WSL are not affected. ### Patches 1.10.23 and 2.1.9 fix the issue ### Workarounds None
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describes (1)
Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-41116US | critical9.8 | — | ||
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 inj… | ||||
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references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/composer/composer/CVE-2021-41116.yamlWEB
- https://github.com/composer/composerPACKAGE
- https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/ca5e2f8d505fd3bfac6f7c85b82f2740becbc0aaWEB
- https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-frqg-7g38-6gcfWEB
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41116ADVISORY
- https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/securing-developer-tools-package-managersWEB
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-09WEB
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