What is CVE-2021-3725?

CVE-2021-3725 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ohmyzsh Ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-11-30.

How severe is CVE-2021-3725?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

RCE in Ohmyzsh Ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh

CVE-2021-3725

Vulnerability in dirhistory plugin Description: the widgets that go back and forward in the directory history, triggered by pressing Alt-Left and Alt-Right, use functions that unsafely execute eval on directory names. If you cd into a directory with a carefully-crafted name, then press Alt-Left, the system is subject to command injection. Impacted areas: - Functions pop_past and pop_future in dirhistory plugin.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.011 (60.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ohmyzsh Ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh — versions unspecified
Planetargon Oh_my_zsh

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

security@huntr.dev (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-3725?: CVE-2021-3725 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ohmyzsh Ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-11-30.
How severe is CVE-2021-3725?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.