CVE-2022-21223: Command Injection

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-04-01 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-88

Description

The package cocoapods-downloader before 1.6.2 are vulnerable to Command Injection via hg argument injection. When calling the download function (when using hg), the url (and/or revision, tag, branch) is passed to the hg clone command in a way that additional flags can be set. The additional flags can be used to perform a command injection.

Affected products

cocoapods-downloader: before 1.6.2 — fixed in 1.6.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: cocoapods-downloader 1.6.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/CocoaPods/cocoapods-downloader/pull/127
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-COCOAPODSDOWNLOADER-2414280
https://github.com/CocoaPods/cocoapods-downloader/pull/127
https://snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-RUBY-COCOAPODSDOWNLOADER-2414280

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