CVE-2023-28627

OS Command Injection via GIT_PATH in pymedusa

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 27, 2023 at 08:13 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:48 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorMedusa

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%
SSVC
PoC

Description

pymedusa is an automatic video library manager for TV Shows. In versions prior 1.0.12 an attacker with access to the web interface can update the git executable path in /config/general/ > advanced settings with arbitrary OS commands. An attacker may exploit this vulnerability to take execute arbitrary OS commands as the user running the pymedusa program. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Affected

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

v < 1.0.12
Affected range stops below 1.0.12, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatableTotal impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
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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