vulnerability
Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-20969: OS Command Injection
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Aug 16, 2019 | Mar 26, 2024 | Dec 5, 2025 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Aug 16, 2019
Added
Mar 26, 2024
Modified
Dec 5, 2025
Description
do_ed_script in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6 does not block strings beginning with a ! character. NOTE: this is the same commit as for CVE-2019-13638, but the ! syntax is specific to ed, and is unrelated to a shell metacharacter.
Solution
alpine-linux-upgrade-patch
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