GHSA-frqg-7g38-6gcf

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    GHSA-frqg-7g38-6gcf

    Published: 5 Oct 2021Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary: Improper escaping of command arguments on Windows leading to command injection

    Details: ### Impact Windows users running Composer to install untrusted dependencies are affected and should definitely upgrade for safety. Other OSs and WSL are not affected. ### Patches 1.10.23 and 2.1.9 fix the issue ### Workarounds None

    References: https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-frqg-7g38-6gcf, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41116, https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/ca5e2f8d505fd3bfac6f7c85b82f2740becbc0aa, https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/composer/composer/CVE-2021-41116.yaml, https://github.com/composer/composer, https://www.sonarsource.com/blog/securing-developer-tools-package-managers, https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-09

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: composer/composer

    Purl: pkg:composer/composer/composer

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.10.23

    Affected versions

    1.0.0
    1.0.0-alpha1
    1.0.0-alpha10
    1.0.0-alpha11
    1.0.0-alpha2
    1.0.0-alpha3
    1.0.0-alpha4
    1.0.0-alpha5
    1.0.0-alpha6
    1.0.0-alpha7
    1.0.0-alpha8
    1.0.0-alpha9
    1.0.0-beta1
    1.0.0-beta2
    1.0.1
    1.0.2
    1.0.3

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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