CVE-2023-53158

Public on 2025-07-28

Modified on 2025-08-04

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.

Severity

Medium

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CVSS v3 Base Score

4.1

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory	Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core	rustc			Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023	rustc			Not Affected

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv3	4.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2023-53158 Mitre: CVE-2023-53158