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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-25865 · published 13 May 2022

CVE-2022-25865: Microsoft workspace-tools argument injection vulnerability

Microsoft · Workspace Tools

The package workspace-tools before 0.18.4 are vulnerable to Command Injection via git argument injection. When calling the fetchRemoteBranch(remote: string, remoteBranch: string, cwd: string) function, both the remote and remoteBranch parameters are passed to the git fetch subcommand in a way that additional flags can be set. The additional flags can be used to perform a command injection.

9.8 CVSS 3.1 Critical EPSS 7.0% · top 6.1% CWE-88 · Argument injection
9.8CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 7.5
7.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References, 2 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

The package workspace-tools before 0.18.4 are vulnerable to Command Injection via git argument injection. When calling the fetchRemoteBranch(remote: string, remoteBranch: string, cwd: string) function, both the remote and remoteBranch parameters are passed to the git fetch subcommand in a way that additional flags can be set. The additional flags can be used to perform a command injection.

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://github.com/microsoft/workspace-tools/commit/9bc7e65ce497f87e1f363fd47b8f802f3d3cd978 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/microsoft/workspace-tools/pull/103 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-WORKSPACETOOLS-2421201 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/microsoft/workspace-tools/commit/9bc7e65ce497f87e1f363fd47b8f802f3d3cd978 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/microsoft/workspace-tools/pull/103 PatchThird Party Advisory
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-WORKSPACETOOLS-2421201 ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-25865), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.