A vulnerability has been discovered in Zsh, which can lead to execution of arbitrary code.
Package | app-shells/zsh on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 5.8.1 |
Unaffected versions | >= 5.8.1 |
A shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Zsh. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
A vulnerability in prompt expansion could be exploited through e.g. VCS_Info to execute arbitrary shell commands without a user's knowledge.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All Zsh users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-shells/zsh-5.8.1"
Release date
July 01, 2024
Latest revision
July 01, 2024: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
local
Bugzilla entries