What is CVE-2023-53158?

CVE-2023-53158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitoxidelabs Gix-Transport, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2025-07-28.

How severe is CVE-2023-53158?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.

RCE in Gitoxidelabs Gix-Transport

CVE-2023-53158

The gix-transport crate before 0.36.1 for Rust allows command execution via the "gix clone 'ssh://-oProxyCommand=open$IFS" substring. NOTE: this was discovered before CVE-2024-32884, a similar vulnerability (involving a username field) that is more difficult to exploit.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.002 (6.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Gitoxidelabs Gix-transport — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-53158?: CVE-2023-53158 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gitoxidelabs Gix-Transport, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 4.1/10. Published 2025-07-28.
How severe is CVE-2023-53158?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.1 out of 10.