CVE-2022-25912
Remote Code Execution (RCE)
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- snyk
Description
The package simple-git before 3.15.0 are vulnerable to Remote Code Execution (RCE) when enabling the ext transport protocol, which makes it exploitable via clone() method. This vulnerability exists due to an incomplete fix of [CVE-2022-24066](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SIMPLEGIT-2434306).
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: a proof of concept is public.
Timeline
ID reserved
By snyk
- 10 months later
· 10 months later
Published
- 2 years later
· 2 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| snykCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High8.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.1% · top 12% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: poc · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.1.
Weakness
Affected products
simple-git
- affected unspecified – < 3.15.0
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- npmsimple-gitGHSA-9p95-fxvg-qgq2 (opens in a new tab)
References (5)
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SIMPLEGIT-3112221 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JAVA-ORGWEBJARSNPM-3153532 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/commit/774648049eb3e628379e292ea172dccaba610504 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/releases/tag/simple-git%403.15.0 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://github.com/steveukx/git-js/blob/main/docs/PLUGIN-UNSAFE-ACTIONS.md%23overriding-allowed-protocols (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-9p95-fxvg-qgq2 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2022-25912)Record last updated .