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CVE-2021-45444

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2022-02-14 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

In zsh before 5.8.1, an attacker can achieve code execution if they control a command output inside the prompt, as demonstrated by a %F argument. This occurs because of recursive PROMPT_SUBST expansion.

Affected Platforms

Fedoraproject FedoraApple Mac Os XDebian Debian LinuxZsh ZshApple Macos

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-noinfo

References