Medium severity · published Jul 28, 2025
CVE-2023-53158
The gix-transport crate before 0.36.1 for Rust allows command execution via the "gix clone 'ssh://-oProxyCommand=open$IFS" substring
4.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The gix-transport crate before 0.36.1 for Rust allows command execution via the "gix clone 'ssh://-oProxyCommand=open$IFS" substring. NOTE: this was discovered before CVE-2024-32884, a similar vulnerability (involving a username field) that is more difficult to exploit.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 9% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
gix-transport · GitoxideLabs
before 0.36.1 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-53158
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-53158
crates.io
https://crates.io/crates/gix-transport
github.com
https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/pull/1032
github.com
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrjw-j4m2-mf34
rustsec.org
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0064.html