RCE in Weave Gitops Tools
CVE-2022-35975
The GitOps Tools Extension for VSCode can make it easier to manage Flux objects. A specially crafted Flux object may allow for remote code execution in the machine running the extension, in the context of the user that is running VSCode. Users using the VSCode extension to manage clusters that are shared amongst other users are affected by this issue. The only safe mitigation is to update to the latest version of the extension.
Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.013 (70.2th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Weave Gitops Tools
- Weaveworks Vscode-Gitops-Tools — versions >= 0.7.0, <= 0.20.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- github.com/weaveworks/vscode-gitops-tools/security/advisories/GHSA-873x-829r-gx… (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-35975?
- CVE-2022-35975 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Weave Gitops Tools, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.0/10. Published 2022-08-18.
- How severe is CVE-2022-35975?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.0 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-35975 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.