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CVE-2023-53158

MEDIUM
4.1
CVSS Score
Published: July 28, 2025 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:44 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGix Transport

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Severity
MEDIUM4.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
PoC

Description

The gix-transport crate before 0.36.1 for Rust allows command execution via the "gix clone 'ssh://-oProxyCommand=open$IFS" substring. NOTE: this was discovered before CVE-2024-32884, a similar vulnerability (involving a username field) that is more difficult to exploit.

Affected

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

Gix Transport· Gitoxidelabscargo
60%
v < 0.36.1
Affected range stops below 0.36.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (4)

Source: [email protected]
https://crates.io/crates/gix-transport
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/pull/1032
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrjw-j4m2-mf34
Source: [email protected]
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0064.html

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

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

CVSS

4.1MEDIUMmitre
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-78

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