CVE-2023-53158

Published: Jul 28, 2025Modified: Jul 29, 2025

4.1

Vector

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

Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 2.7

Source: MITRE (Secondary)

Description

The gix-transport crate before 0.36.1 for Rust allows command execution via the "gix clone 'ssh://-oProxyCommand=open$IFS" substring. NOTE: this was discovered before CVE-2024-32884, a similar vulnerability (involving a username field) that is more difficult to exploit.

Related CWEs

CWE-78

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

The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

References (4)

https://crates.io/crates/gix-transport

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/pull/1032

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrjw-j4m2-mf34

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0064.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

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