CVE-2021-41088

Summary

CVECVE-2021-41088
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2021-09-23 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-08-12 17:48:00 UTC
DescriptionElvish is a programming language and interactive shell, combined into one package. In versions prior to 0.14.0 Elvish's web UI backend (started by `elvish -web`) hosts an endpoint that allows executing the code sent from the web UI. The backend does not check the origin of requests correctly. As a result, if the user has the web UI backend open and visits a compromised or malicious website, the website can send arbitrary code to the endpoint in localhost. All Elvish releases from 0.14.0 onward no longer include the the web UI, although it is still possible for the user to build a version from source that includes the web UI. The issue can be patched for previous versions by removing the web UI (found in web, pkg/web or pkg/prog/web, depending on the exact version).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-346

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Elv Elvish All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Remove the experimental web UI. · elves/elvish@ccc2750 · GitHub MISC github.com
Remote code execution via the web UI backend · Advisory · elves/elvish · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 179884 Debian Security Update for elvish (CVE-2021-41088)
  • 980673 Go (go) Security Update for github.com/elves/elvish (GHSA-fpv6-f8jw-rc3r)

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