Summary
Command injection in Git package in Wrangler
Workarounds
A workaround is to sanitize input passed to the Git package to remove potential unsafe and ambiguous characters. Otherwise, the best course of action is to update to a patched Wrangler version.
For more information
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- Open an issue in Rancher or Wrangler repository.
- Verify our support matrix and product support lifecycle.
Impact
A command injection vulnerability was discovered in Wrangler's Git package affecting versions up to and including v1.0.0.
Wrangler's Git package uses the underlying Git binary present in the host OS or container image to execute Git operations. Specially crafted commands can be passed to Wrangler that will change their behavior and cause confusion when executed through Git, resulting in command injection in the underlying host.
Untrusted input is inserted into a command that is later executed by the application, allowing the attacker to alter the intent of that command. Typical impact: arbitrary command execution in the application's environment.
CVE-2022-31249 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High). The vector is network-reachable, low privileges required, and no user interaction. A CVSS score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether this affects your application depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable in your environment. A fixed version is available (0.8.11, 1.0.1, 0.7.4-security1, 0.8.5-security1); upgrading removes the vulnerable code path.
Affected versions
Security releases
Kodem intelligence
Severity tells you how bad this could be in the worst case. It does not tell you whether you are exposed. Exploitability and impact are functions of runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A vulnerable package can sit in your dependency tree and never run.
Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter. Kodem's runtime-powered SCA identifies whether this CVE is reachable in your applications.
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Patched versions include v1.0.1 and later and the backported tags - v0.7.4-security1, v0.8.5-security1 and v0.8.11.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2022-31249? CVE-2022-31249 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in github.com/rancher/wrangler (go), affecting versions >= 0.8.6, < 0.8.11. It is fixed in 0.8.11, 1.0.1, 0.7.4-security1, 0.8.5-security1. Untrusted input is inserted into a command that is later executed by the application, allowing the attacker to alter the intent of that command.
- How severe is CVE-2022-31249? CVE-2022-31249 has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High). This score reflects the worst-case severity of the vulnerability, not your specific exposure. Whether it represents real risk in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable.
- Which versions of github.com/rancher/wrangler are affected by CVE-2022-31249? github.com/rancher/wrangler (go) versions >= 0.8.6, < 0.8.11 is affected.
- Is there a fix for CVE-2022-31249? Yes. CVE-2022-31249 is fixed in 0.8.11, 1.0.1, 0.7.4-security1, 0.8.5-security1. Upgrade to this version or later.
- Is CVE-2022-31249 exploitable, and should I be worried? Whether CVE-2022-31249 is exploitable in your environment depends on whether the vulnerable code is present and reachable. A CVSS score is a worst-case rating; it does not account for your specific deployment, configuration, or usage patterns. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to show which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so you can focus on the ones that represent real risk. Get a demo
- What actually determines whether CVE-2022-31249 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.
- How do I fix CVE-2022-31249?
- Upgrade
github.com/rancher/wranglerto 0.8.11 or later - Upgrade
github.com/rancher/wranglerto 1.0.1 or later - Upgrade
github.com/rancher/wranglerto 0.7.4-security1 or later - Upgrade
github.com/rancher/wranglerto 0.8.5-security1 or later
- Upgrade