CVE-2022-40764 is a critical arbitrary command execution vulnerability affecting Snyk CLI versions prior to 1.996.0, impacting Snyk IDE plugins and the snyk npm package. This flaw, demonstrated by shell metacharacters in a vendor.json ignore field, could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary commands, for instance, when a user views untrusted files in an IDE like Visual Studio Code. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), it presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, organizations using affected Snyk products should prioritize patching to mitigate this severe vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.996.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:snyk:cli:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.19.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:snyk:golang_cli:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.