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CVE-2022-42906

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-42906 describes an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in powerline-gitstatus versions prior to 1.3.2, impacting Debian Linux and the powerline_gitstatus project. The vulnerability, rated 7.8 HIGH (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), allows an attacker to execute arbitrary commands if a user navigates to a malicious Git repository due to per-repository configuration. While the attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), it has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:powerline_gitstatus_project:powerline_gitstatus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
35.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 34th percentile among its peer group of 11,615 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: powerline-gitstatusFixed in: 1.3.2

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-w67g-6gjv-c599high

Powerline Gitstatus vulnerable to arbitrary code execution

Oct 13, 2022

References

github.com / jaspernbrouwer/powerline-gitstatus/issues/45
ExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
github.com / jaspernbrouwer/powerline-gitstatus/releases/tag/v1.3.2
Release Notes
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/01/msg00017.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory