CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedThe vulnerability affects the argv-parser package used in simple-git, allowing applications to execute Git commands from JavaScript. An attacker can exploit this flaw by influencing environment values, potentially leading to the execution of arbitrary code through a malicious editor during Git operations, which runs with the privileges of the Node.js process. Organizations using affected versions of simple-git should prioritize patching to version 2.0.1 to mitigate this critical risk.
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Original NVD Description
simple-git, an interface for running git commands in any node.js application, enables applications to execute Git operations from JavaScript. Prior to 2.0.1 of the argv-parser package, parseEnv omits VISUAL from GitEnvKeys, so prepareEnv drops the value before vulnerabilityCheck can classify it as allowUnsafeEditor. A consuming application that forwards attacker-influenced environment values can therefore allow Git to invoke an attacker-selected editor during operations such as commit amendment or interactive rebase when no higher-priority editor setting overrides VISUAL and Git's terminal prerequisites are met. The executable runs with the privileges of the Node.js process. This issue is fixed in argv-parser 2.0.1.