{"id":"RUSTSEC-2023-0064","summary":"gix-transport code execution vulnerability","details":"The `gix-transport` crate prior to the patched version 0.36.1 would allow attackers to\nuse malicious ssh clone URLs to pass arbitrary arguments to the `ssh` program, leading\nto arbitrary code execution.\n\nPoC: `gix clone 'ssh://-oProxyCommand=open$IFS-aCalculator/foo'`\n\nThis will launch a calculator on OSX.\n\nSee \u003chttps://secure.phabricator.com/T12961\u003e for more details on similar vulnerabilities in `git`.\n\nThanks to [vin01](https://github.com/vin01) for disclosing the issue.","aliases":["CVE-2023-53158","GHSA-rrjw-j4m2-mf34"],"modified":"2025-10-28T06:02:18Z","published":"2023-09-23T12:00:00Z","database_specific":{"license":"CC0-1.0"},"references":[{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://crates.io/crates/gix-transport"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0064.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://github.com/Byron/gitoxide/pull/1032"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://secure.phabricator.com/T12961"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"gix-transport","ecosystem":"crates.io","purl":"pkg:cargo/gix-transport"},"ranges":[{"type":"SEMVER","events":[{"introduced":"0.0.0-0"},{"fixed":"0.36.1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"affects":{"arch":[],"os":[],"functions":[]},"affected_functions":null},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/rustsec/advisory-db/blob/osv/crates/RUSTSEC-2023-0064.json","categories":["code-execution"],"informational":null,"cvss":null}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}