GHSA-6wfj-92cw-88vgCriticalCVSS 9.8
git-diff: OS command injection vulnerability via crafted strings to the gitDiff API
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
git-diff before 2.0.7 contains an OS command injection vulnerability that allows attackers to execute shell commands by supplying crafted strings to the gitDiff API. Attackers who control a diffed document string can embed $(cmd) or backtick substitutions that shelljs.exec evaluates, running commands with Node.js process privileges.
🎯 Affected products1
- npm/git-diff:< 2.0.7
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-110634
- https://github.com/danday74/git-diff/pull/16
- https://github.com/danday74/git-diff/commit/bfd727b6cf1daa671c3528d1d681f55b70e8fb19
- https://github.com/danday74/git-diff/blob/a85a649badc4c6bba991e87e82382b7d3cdd6634/js/gitDiffReal/generateDiff/index.js#L26-L30
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/git-diff-before-2.0.7-os-command-injection-via-gitdiff-input-strings
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6wfj-92cw-88vg