CVE-2022-24828

HIGH
Published Apr 13, 20224y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
8.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Apr 13, 2022 4y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

Composer is a dependency manager for the PHP programming language. Integrators using Composer code to call `VcsDriver::getFileContent` can have a code injection vulnerability if the user can control the `$file` or `$identifier` argument. This leads to a vulnerability on packagist.org for example where the composer.json's `readme` field can be used as a vector for injecting parameters into hg/Mercurial via the `$file` argument, or git via the `$identifier` argument if you allow arbitrary data there (Packagist does not, but maybe other integrators do). Composer itself should not be affected by the vulnerability as it does not call `getFileContent` with arbitrary data into `$file`/`$identifier`. To the best of our knowledge this was not abused, and the vulnerability has been patched on packagist.org and Private Packagist within a day of the vulnerability report.

CVSS Details

Base Score
8.8
Exploitability
2.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

No active exploitation signals — not in CISA KEV and no EPSS score yet.

Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 2

CWE-20 Improper Input Validation Validation
CWE-88

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
getcomposercomposer* <1.10.26
getcomposercomposer*≥2.0.0  –  <2.2.12
getcomposercomposer*≥2.3.0  –  <2.3.5
tenabletenable.sc* <5.21.0
fedoraprojectfedora34any
fedoraprojectfedora35any
fedoraprojectfedora36any

References 6

  • github.com https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/2c40c53637c5c7e43fff7c09d3d324d632734709
    PatchThird Party Advisory
  • github.com https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-x7cr-6qr6-2hh6
    Third Party Advisory
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/625MT3IKWKFVIWLSYZFSXHVUA2LES7YQ/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/GWT6LDSRY7SFMTDZWJ4MS2ZBXHL7VQEF/
  • lists.fedoraproject.org https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QD7JQWL6C4GVROO25DTXWYWM6BPOPPCG/
  • tenable.com https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-09
    PatchThird Party Advisory

Remediation

  • github.com https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/2c40c53637c5c7e43fff7c09d3d324d632734709
    PatchThird Party Advisory
  • tenable.com https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-09
    PatchThird Party Advisory