🛡️ GHSA-xm99-6pv5-q363 — service (CVE-2022-29583)

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-426 OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Disputed: OS Command injection in github.com/kardianos/service

service_windows.go in the kardianos service package for Go omits quoting that is sometimes needed for execution of a Windows service executable from the intended directory.

The validity of this vulnerability has been [questioned](https://github.com/kardianos/service/pull/290#issuecomment-1109831505) and the reporter has requested that the CVE be [disputed](https://github.com/kardianos/service/issues/289#issuecomment-1110546798).

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

GHSA-xm99-6pv5-q363 is classified as CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path. The product resolves a library or executable using a search path an attacker can influence.

Affected software

GHSA-xm99-6pv5-q363 is recorded against 1 package.

  • github.com/kardianos/service

Timeline and source

Published on 23 April 2022 and last revised on 24 May 2023. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Web)
github.com (Package)

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-426
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2022-04-23
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2023-05-24
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
github.com/kardianos/service — —

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