RCE in Snyk Cli

CVE-2022-40764

Snyk CLI before 1.996.0 allows arbitrary command execution, affecting Snyk IDE plugins and the snyk npm package. Exploitation could follow from the common practice of viewing untrusted files in the Visual Studio Code editor, for example. The original demonstration was with shell metacharacters in the vendor.json ignore field, affecting snyk-go-plugin before 1.19.1. This affects, for example, the Snyk TeamCity plugin (which does not update automatically) before 20220930.142957.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.006 (42.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes)
  • cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-40764?
CVE-2022-40764 is a high-severity vulnerability in Snyk Cli, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2022-10-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-40764?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.