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CVE-2022-40764

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 3, 2022 at 02:03 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 1 vendorGolang CliCli

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

Snyk CLI before 1.996.0 allows arbitrary command execution, affecting Snyk IDE plugins and the snyk npm package. Exploitation could follow from the common practice of viewing untrusted files in the Visual Studio Code editor, for example. The original demonstration was with shell metacharacters in the vendor.json ignore field, affecting snyk-go-plugin before 1.19.1. This affects, for example, the Snyk TeamCity plugin (which does not update automatically) before 20220930.142957.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Cli· Snyknpm
95%
v < 1.996.0
Affected range stops below 1.996.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Golang Cli· Snyknpm
95%
v < 1.19.1
Affected range stops below 1.19.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (4)

x_refsource_MISCPatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/snyk/cli/releases/tag/v1.996.0
x_refsource_MISCPatchRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/snyk/snyk-go-plugin/releases/tag/v1.19.1
x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://support.snyk.io/hc/en-us/articles/7015908293789-CVE-2022-40764-Command-Injection-vulnerability-affecting-Snyk-CLI-versions-prior-to-1-996-0
x_refsource_MISCExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.imperva.com/blog/how-scanning-your-projects-for-security-issues-can-lead-to-remote-code-execution/

CVSS

7.8HIGH[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-78

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