Vulnerability · Published Jul 28, 2025 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2023-53158
Medium 4.1
In plain English
A medium-severity OS command injection in gix-transport from GitoxideLabs. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 3.1)4.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official 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.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | rust-gix-transport | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53158 |
| Ubuntu:25.10 | rust-gix-transport | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53158 |
| Ubuntu:26.04:LTS | rust-gix-transport | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53158 |
| Ubuntu:26.10 | rust-gix-transport | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2023-53158 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| GitoxideLabs | gix-transport | 0 – before 0.36.1 |
Weakness: CWE-78 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N