{"id":"PYSEC-2026-898","summary":"Powerline Gitstatus vulnerable to arbitrary code execution","details":"powerline-gitstatus (aka Powerline Gitstatus) before 1.3.2 allows arbitrary code execution. git repositories can contain per-repository configuration that changes the behavior of git, including running arbitrary commands. When using powerline-gitstatus, changing to a directory automatically runs git commands in order to display information about the current repository in the prompt. If an attacker can convince a user to change their current directory to one controlled by the attacker, such as in a shared filesystem or extracted archive, powerline-gitstatus will run arbitrary commands under the attacker's control. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2022-20001.","aliases":["CVE-2022-42906","GHSA-w67g-6gjv-c599"],"modified":"2026-07-07T11:45:15.889782993Z","published":"2026-07-07T10:17:22.618683Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-42906"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/jaspernbrouwer/powerline-gitstatus/issues/45"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/jaspernbrouwer/powerline-gitstatus/commit/fe8e963b3489e4cceaa2c1f26f2bcc2ef405364c"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://github.com/jaspernbrouwer/powerline-gitstatus"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/jaspernbrouwer/powerline-gitstatus/releases/tag/v1.3.2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00017.html"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://pypi.org/project/powerline-gitstatus"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w67g-6gjv-c599"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"powerline-gitstatus","ecosystem":"PyPI","purl":"pkg:pypi/powerline-gitstatus"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3.2"}]}],"versions":["1.0.0","1.0.1","1.0.2","1.0.3","1.0.4","1.1.0","1.1.1","1.2.0","1.2.1","1.3.0","1.3.1"],"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/blob/main/vulns/powerline-gitstatus/PYSEC-2026-898.yaml"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}