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CVE-2021-41116

Command injection in composer on Windows

Severity Score

9.8
*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

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 injection and should upgrade their composer version. Other OSs and WSL are not affected. The issue has been resolved in composer versions 1.10.23 and 2.1.9. There are no workarounds for this issue.

Composer es un administrador de dependencias de código abierto para el lenguaje PHP. En las versiones afectadas, unos usuarios de Windows que ejecutan Composer para instalar dependencias no confiables están sujetos a una inyección de comandos y deben actualizar su versión de Composer. Otros Sistemas Operativos y WSL no están afectados. El problema ha sido resuelto en Composer versiones 1.10.23 y 2.1.9. No se presentan soluciones para este problema

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2021-09-15 CVE Reserved
  • 2021-10-05 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-04 CVE Updated
  • 2024-08-27 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
  • CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
Vendor Product Version Other Status <-- --> Vendor Product Version Other Status
Getcomposer
Search vendor "Getcomposer"
 Composer
Search vendor "Getcomposer" for product "Composer"
 < 1.10.23
Search vendor "Getcomposer" for product "Composer" and version " < 1.10.23"
-
Affected
Getcomposer
Search vendor "Getcomposer"
 Composer
Search vendor "Getcomposer" for product "Composer"
 >= 2.0.0 < 2.1.9
Search vendor "Getcomposer" for product "Composer" and version " >= 2.0.0 < 2.1.9"
-
Affected
Tenable
Search vendor "Tenable"
 Tenable.sc
Search vendor "Tenable" for product "Tenable.sc"
 < 5.21.0
Search vendor "Tenable" for product "Tenable.sc" and version " < 5.21.0"
-
Affected