semver-tags is vulnerable to Command Injection via the getGitTagsRemote function

published 2023-02-06 3 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also GHSA-8h3g-hcwp-6hxq , EUVD-2023-0667

cvss: 7.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 65%
public exploits: 0; none known

All versions of the package semver-tags are vulnerable to Command Injection via the getGitTagsRemote function due to improper input sanitization.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-25853 updated 2026-11-05 cvss 7.4

semver-tags: Command Injection via the getGitTagsRemote function in semver-tags

Red Hat OpenShift distributed tracing 2 rhosdt/jaeger-agent-rhel8
affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat build of Apicurio Registry 2 semver-tags semver-tags Red Hat Decision Manager 7 semver-tags semver-tags Red Hat Discovery 1 discovery-server-container Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 semver-tags semver-tags Red Hat OpenShift Dev Spaces devspaces/dashboard-rhel8
not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 19 mo ago (2025-03-25)

Exploit prediction

1.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

security.snyk.io https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SEMVERTAGS-3175612 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:P
CNA	3.1	7.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
npm	semver-tags	<=0.4.10	no fix listed

Affected products

n/a semver-tags

Classification

Weakness

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command

References

security.snyk.io /vuln/SNYK-JS-SEMVERTAGS-3175612
web, exploit, third-party-advisory
github.com /jtrussell/semver-tags/blob/db1ba680bafed0d51e1bb36bd38f2c5439fe8b00/lib/get-tags.js%23L21
web, broken-link
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2022-25853
advisory
github.com /jtrussell/semver-tags
package
github.com /jtrussell/semver-tags/blob/db1ba680bafed0d51e1bb36bd38f2c5439fe8b00/lib/get-tags.js#L21
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary