Medium

ggit is vulnerable to Command Injection via the fetchTags(branch) API

  • Disclosed: 08.10.2024
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

All versions of the package ggit are vulnerable to Command Injection via the fetchTags(branch) API, which allows user input to specify the branch to be fetched and then concatenates this string along with a git command which is then passed to the unsafe exec() Node.js child process API.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package ggit <= 2.4.12 no fix

References

CVSS score 7.3/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-78
Platform
npm
Package
ggit
Disclosed
08.10.2024
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-62cx-5xj4-wfm4 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: ggit

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
10.2024 10.2024
Without a fix
2
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Medium 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2024: 2
  2. 2025: 0
  3. 2026: 0
  1. Medium · 6.5 CVE-2024-21533 <= 2.4.12 no fix
  2. ggit is vulnerable to Command Injection via the fetchTags(branch) API this entry
    Medium · 7.3 CVE-2024-21532 <= 2.4.12 no fix

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