> CVE-2026-40176 [HIGH]

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PUBLISHED
2026-04-15 21:17
MODIFIED
2026-04-15 21:17
CVSS_SCORE V3
7.8
EPSS (Prob. Exploit)
1.05%
Top 35.7%
DATA SOURCES:
NVD 🔗 2026-04-15 RED HAT 🔗 2026-04-19 CWE MITRE 🔗 2026-11-01 FIRST EPSS 🔗 2026-11-08 OSV 🔗 2026-11-02

> DESCRIPTION

Composer is a dependency manager for PHP. Versions 1.0 through 2.2.26 and 2.3 through 2.9.5 contain a command injection vulnerability in the Perforce::generateP4Command() method, which constructs shell commands by interpolating user-supplied Perforce connection parameters (port, user, client) without proper escaping. An attacker can inject arbitrary commands through these values in a malicious composer.json declaring a Perforce VCS repository, leading to command execution in the context of the user running Composer, even if Perforce is not installed. VCS repositories are only loaded from the root composer.json or the composer config directory, so this cannot be exploited through composer.json files of packages installed as dependencies. Users are at risk if they run Composer commands on untrusted projects with attacker-supplied composer.json files. This issue has been fixed in Composer 2.2.27 (2.2 LTS) and 2.9.6 (mainline).

> AFFECTED_PRODUCTS

ℹ️ Aucun produit affecté n'a encore été publié par NVD pour cette CVE.

> CVSS V3 METRICS

CVSS_VECTOR
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EXPLOITABILITY
1.8
IMPACT
5.9

> MÉTRIQUES CVSS DÉTAILLÉES

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Métrique Valeur Interprétation
AV (Vecteur d'Attaque)
Attack Vector
Local (L)
Exploit nécessite un accès local au système
AC (Complexité d'Attaque)
Attack Complexity
Low (L)
Peu de conditions requises pour exploiter
PR (Privilèges Requis)
Privileges Required
None (N)
Aucune authentification requise
UI (Interaction Utilisateur)
User Interaction
Required (R)
Nécessite une action utilisateur (clic lien, ouverture fichier, etc.)
S (Périmètre)
Scope
Unchanged (U)
Impact reste dans le périmètre du composant compromis
C (Impact Confidentialité)
Confidentiality Impact
High (H)
Divulgation totale d'informations
I (Impact Intégrité)
Integrity Impact
High (H)
Modification totale des données possible
A (Impact Disponibilité)
Availability Impact
High (H)
Interruption totale du service possible

> RÉSUMÉ DES IMPACTS

Confidentialité
High
Divulgation totale d'informations
Intégrité
High
Modification totale des données possible
Disponibilité
High
Interruption totale du service possible

> WEAKNESSES

CWE-20 CWE-78

> CWE DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS

CWE-20: Improper Input Validation - The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. | CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command - The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command before it is sent to a downstream component.

> RED HAT SEVERITY ASSESSMENT

THREAT SEVERITY
Important

> OSV (GOOGLE OPEN SOURCE VULNERABILITIES)

Composer is vulnerable to Command Injection via Malicious Perforce Repository

AFFECTED PACKAGES:
Unknown / Unknown
45 versions affected
ALIASES:
BIT-composer-2026-40176, GHSA-wg36-wvj6-r67p

> HISTORIQUE DES MODIFICATIONS

Première apparition
15/04/2026 21:17
Source: NVD
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/11/2026 06:59
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
CWE-20: Improper Input Validation - The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process...
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-20: Improper Input Validation - The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process...
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 01/05/2026 06:01
CWE
Champ modifié: Description CWE
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
CWE-20: Improper Input Validation - The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process...
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 19/04/2026 05:01
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Sévérité Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
N/A
Nouvelle valeur:
{ "threat_severity": "Important", "severity_scale": null }
📊 ENRICHISSEMENT 19/04/2026 05:01
REDHAT
Champ modifié: Red Hat
Ancienne valeur:
Non
Nouvelle valeur:
Oui
Total des modifications: 4 Dernière mise à jour: 1 week ago

> REFERENCES

https://github.com/composer/composer/releases/tag/2.9.6
https://github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-wg36-wvj6-r67p
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