How severe is CVE-2022-42906?

This vulnerability has a severity rating of HIGH with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2022-42906?

This is classified as CWE-77, which is a common weakness in software security.

CVE-2022-42906 - HIGH Severity | CVSS 7.8

Vulnerability Description

powerline-gitstatus (aka Powerline Gitstatus) before 1.3.2 allows arbitrary code execution. git repositories can contain per-repository configuration that changes the behavior of git, including running arbitrary commands. When using powerline-gitstatus, changing to a directory automatically runs git commands in order to display information about the current repository in the prompt. If an attacker can convince a user to change their current directory to one controlled by the attacker, such as in a shared filesystem or extracted archive, powerline-gitstatus will run arbitrary commands under the attacker's control. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2022-20001.

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