Bug 2343618 (CVE-2025-24959) - CVE-2025-24959 zx: Environment Variable Injection for dotenv API in zx
Summary: CVE-2025-24959 zx: Environment Variable Injection for dotenv API in zx
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-24959
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-02-03 21:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-06-23 17:35 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-02-03 21:01:20 UTC
zx is a tool for writing better scripts. An attacker with control over environment variable values can inject unintended environment variables into `process.env`. This can lead to arbitrary command execution or unexpected behavior in applications that rely on environment variables for security-sensitive operations. Applications that process untrusted input and pass it through `dotenv.stringify` are particularly vulnerable. This issue has been patched in version 8.3.2. Users should immediately upgrade to this version to mitigate the vulnerability. If upgrading is not feasible, users can mitigate the vulnerability by sanitizing user-controlled environment variable values before passing them to `dotenv.stringify`. Specifically, avoid using `"`, `'`, and backticks in values, or enforce strict validation of environment variables before usage.


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