CVE-2023-53158

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-07-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

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 products

GitoxideLabs gix-transport: before 0.36.1 — fixed in 0.36.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: GitoxideLabs gix-transport 0.36.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://crates.io/crates/gix-transport
https://github.com/GitoxideLabs/gitoxide/pull/1032
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rrjw-j4m2-mf34
https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2023-0064.html

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