🛡️ CVE-2022-42906 on Ubuntu — powerline-gitstatus

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2022-42906 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package powerline-gitstatus. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

• Attack vector: Local — a local account, shell or session on the host is needed.
• Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
• Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
• User interaction: Required — someone has to click, open or visit something.
• Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
• Confidentiality impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Integrity impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.
• Availability impact: High — total loss, or loss the attacker controls.

Weakness class

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42906 is classified as CWE-77: Command Injection. User input is placed into a command that the system interprets, allowing extra commands to be appended to the intended one.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2022-42906 is recorded against 1 package.

• powerline-gitstatus

Timeline and source

Published on 13 October 2022 and last revised on 20 May 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
github.com (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)

Other advisories for this package

powerline-gitstatus has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

• CVE-2022-42906 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• DLA-3277-1 (published 20 Jan 2023)
• DEBIAN-CVE-2022-42906 (published 13 Oct 2022)

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-77: Command Injection) in other software:

• CVE-2025-29296 (9.8 Critical, published 4 Aug 2026)
• CVE-2024-58354 (9.9 Critical, published 23 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2014-6633 (8.0 High, published 9 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-0817 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2025-22237 (6.7 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2023-1000 (6.3 Medium, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2024-29640 (8.0 High, published 7 Jul 2026)
• CVE-2025-4032 (2.0 Low, published 7 Jul 2026)

CVE-2022-42906 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Affected Packages

References