Is composer/composer affected by CVE-2024-35242?

Packagist composer/composer is affected in >=2.0 =2.3 <2.7.7.

Is CVE-2024-35242 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 3.3%.

high

CVE-2024-35242

Q: Is CVE-2024-35242 being exploited?

Not on the CISA KEV list. EPSS exploit probability is 3.3%.

Packagist · composer/composer

Summary

Composer has multiple command injections via malicious git/hg branch names

Severity: high
EPSS: 3.3% (p87)
Also known as: GHSA-v9qv-c7wm-wgmf, BIT-composer-2024-35242
Published: 2024-06-10

References

https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-v9qv-c7wm-wgmf
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-35242
https://github.com/composer/composer/commit/6bd43dff859c597c09bd03a7e7d6443822d0a396

Related advisories

CVE-2026-45793 — high · Packagist/composer/composer
CVE-2026-40176 — high · Packagist/composer/composer
CVE-2026-40261 — high · Packagist/composer/composer
CVE-2024-35241 — high · Packagist/composer/composer

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Sources: CISA KEV (public domain), OSV.dev & GitHub Advisory Database (CC-BY-4.0), FIRST EPSS, NVD/CWE (public domain). Served live from the Stateward advisory database.