CVE-2022-24440 (Critical) detected in cocoapods-downloader-1.4.0.gem

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CVE-2022-24440 - Critical Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - cocoapods-downloader-1.4.0.gem

Library home page: https://rubygems.org/gems/cocoapods-downloader-1.4.0.gem

Path to dependency file: /ios/Gemfile.lock

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gem/ruby/2.7.0/cache/cocoapods-downloader-1.4.0.gem

Dependency Hierarchy:

• cocoapods-1.10.1.gem (Root Library)
  • :x: cocoapods-downloader-1.4.0.gem (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 570c9f91ae551da2ffeb15a6cbfe34153451f434

Found in base branch: develop

Vulnerability Details

The package cocoapods-downloader before 1.6.0, from 1.6.2 and before 1.6.3 are vulnerable to Command Injection via git argument injection. When calling the Pod::Downloader.preprocess_options function and using git, both the git and branch parameters are passed to the git ls-remote subcommand in a way that additional flags can be set. The additional flags can be used to perform a command injection.

Publish Date: 2022-04-01

URL: CVE-2022-24440

CVSS 3 Score Details (9.8)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: High
  • Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-24440

Release Date: 2022-04-01

Fix Resolution: cocoapods-downloader - 1.6.0,1.6.3

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