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CVE-2021-3013

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-06-11 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

ripgrep before 13 on Windows allows attackers to trigger execution of arbitrary programs from the current working directory via the -z/--search-zip or --pre flag.

Affected products

• Ripgrep Project Ripgrep: before 13.0.0 — fixed in 13.0.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Ripgrep Project Ripgrep 13.0.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/e48a17e1891e1ea9dd06ba0e48d5fb140ca7c0c4/CHANGELOG.md
• https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
• https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/e48a17e1891e1ea9dd06ba0e48d5fb140ca7c0c4/CHANGELOG.md
• https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

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