Advisories

CodeWhale before 0.8.64 Argument Injection via git_show

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severity
critical
date
Affecting
  • CodeWhale >= 0.3.27, < 0.8.41

  • CodeWhale >= 0.3.27, < 0.8.41

  • CodeWhale >= 0.8.41, < 0.8.64

  • CodeWhale >= 0.8.41, < 0.8.64

CWE
  • CWE-73 External Control of File Name or Path
CVSS
8.5
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:H/SA:H
Credit
0xEr3n
Description
CodeWhale (codewhale / codewhale-tui) versions >= 0.8.41 and < 0.8.64 contain an argument injection vulnerability in the git_show tool. The model-supplied rev parameter is passed unvalidated into the git show argv without an --end-of-options sentinel, so a value beginning with --output= is interpreted as a git flag. Because the tool is registered as auto-approved and advertised as read-only, an attacker (via a malicious repository combined with prompt injection) can cause an unprompted arbitrary file write at the privilege of the invoking user, targeting sensitive files such as ~/.ssh/authorized_keys, ~/.bashrc, or ~/.gitconfig. Fixed in 0.8.64 by adding rev validation.

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