High severity · published Sep 29, 2023
CVE-2023-43655
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP
8.8
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. Users publishing a composer.phar to a public web-accessible server where the composer.phar can be executed as a php file may be subject to a remote code execution vulnerability if PHP also has `register_argc_argv` enabled in php.ini. Versions 2.6.4, 2.2.22 and 1.10.27 patch this vulnerability. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should make sure `register_argc_argv` is disabled in php.ini, and avoid publishing composer.phar to the web as this is not best practice.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
CO
Composer · Getcomposer
before 1.10.27; 2.0.0 before 2.2.21; 2.3.0 before 2.6.4 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
37; 38 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-43655
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-43655
Patch
https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/4fce14795aba98e40b6c4f5047305aba17a6120d
Patch
https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/955a48e6319c8962e5cd421b07c00ab3c728968c
Patch
https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/95e091c921037b7b6564942845e7b738f6b95c9c
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-jm6m-4632-36hf
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/03/msg00030.html
Mailing List
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/66H2WKFUO255T3BZTL72TNYJYH2XM5FG/
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