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CVE-2022-22984 — snyk

MEDIUMFix: snyk/cli@80d97a9

CVE-2022-22984 is a medium-severity (CVSS 5) OS Command Injection vulnerability in snyk. 9 public exploit or proof-of-concept references are indexed, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for snyk — see the affected versions and patch details below.

Command Injection

Also known asGHSA-4x6g-3cmx-w76r
Published
Updated
Affected
8 pkgs
Patched
8 / 8
Exploits
9 known
Exploitation data as of Nov 8, 2026 · OSV.dev, NVD, FIRST.org (EPSS)

Exploitation Status

Proof-of-concept exploit code exists

  • CISA’s SSVC triage found public proof-of-concept exploit code for this CVE, though no confirmed active exploitation.

Exploitation and automatability from CISA’s SSVC triage for CVE-2022-22984.

EPSS Exploitation Probability

via FIRST.org ↗
3.2%probability of exploitation in next 30 days
Lower Risk+0.11%
Lower risk than most CVEs88th percentile — riskier than 88% of all scored CVEsHighest risk
2.51%3.39%4.28%5.17%4.7%3.2%May 26Sep 26Nov 26

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.

How urgent is this, really

Where this sits among everything scored

Real-World Exposure

8 pkgs affected

How broadly this vulnerability is actually deployed: weekly install volume shows current usage, and reverse-dependency count shows how many other packages break if it stays unpatched.

574other npm packages depend on this — each one inherits the vulnerability until it's patched upstream
snyknpm
772Kdownloads / week
snyk-mvn-pluginnpm
18Kdownloads / week
snyk-sbt-pluginnpm
18Kdownloads / week

Description

The package snyk before 1.1064.0; the package snyk-mvn-plugin before 2.31.3; the package snyk-gradle-plugin before 3.24.5; the package @snyk/snyk-cocoapods-plugin before 2.5.3; the package snyk-sbt-plugin before 2.16.2; the package snyk-python-plugin before 1.24.2; the package snyk-docker-plugin before 5.6.5; the package @snyk/snyk-hex-plugin before 1.1.6 are vulnerable to Command Injection due to an incomplete fix for CVE-2022-40764. A successful exploit allows attackers to run arbitrary commands on the host system where the Snyk CLI is installed by passing in crafted command line flags. In order to exploit this vulnerability, a user would have to execute the snyk test command on untrusted files. In most cases, an attacker positioned to control the command line arguments to the Snyk CLI would already be positioned to execute arbitrary commands. However, this could be abused in specific scenarios, such as continuous integration pipelines, where developers can control the arguments passed to the Snyk CLI to leverage this component as part of a wider attack against an integration/build pipeline. This issue has been addressed in the latest Snyk Docker images available at https://hub.docker.com/r/snyk/snyk as of 2022-11-29. Images downloaded and built prior to that date should be updated. The issue has also been addressed in the Snyk TeamCity CI/CD plugin as of version v20221130.093605.

Affected Packages

8 total 8 fixed
EcosystemPackageVulnerable rangeFix
📦npmsnykall versions1.1064.0npm install snyk@1.1064.0
📦npmsnyk-mvn-pluginall versions2.31.3npm install snyk-mvn-plugin@2.31.3
📦npmsnyk-sbt-pluginall versions2.16.2npm install snyk-sbt-plugin@2.16.2
📦npmsnyk-python-pluginall versions1.24.2npm install snyk-python-plugin@1.24.2
📦npm@snyk/snyk-hex-pluginall versions1.1.6npm install @snyk/snyk-hex-plugin@1.1.6
📦npmsnyk-gradle-pluginall versions3.24.5npm install snyk-gradle-plugin@3.24.5

Affected Products

8 products · 8 configurations
Application
snyk clisnyk
< 1.1064.0
range
Application
snyk cocoapods clisnyk
< 2.5.3
range
Application
snyk docker clisnyk
< 5.6.5
range
Application
snyk gradle clisnyk
< 3.24.5
range
Application
snyk hex clisnyk
< 1.1.6
range
Application
snyk maven clisnyk
< 2.31.3
range
Exploits & PoCs
9

Research use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.

Detection & mitigation playbook

Open-source dependency
  1. Detect

    Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for snyk, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.

  2. Fix

    Update snyk to 1.1064.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2022-22984 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.

  3. Workarounds

    Stop passing untrusted input into the interpreter or shell: call the affected binary with an argument array rather than a composed command string, reject anything outside a strict allowlist of expected values, and run the component under an account that cannot reach beyond the work it legitimately does.

Frequently Asked Questions

The package snyk before 1.1064.0; the package snyk-mvn-plugin before 2.31.3; the package snyk-gradle-plugin before 3.24.5; the package @snyk/snyk-cocoapods-plugin before 2.5.3; the package snyk-sbt-plugin before 2.16.2; the package snyk-python-plugin before 1.24.2; the package snyk-docker-plugin before 5.6.5; the package @snyk/snyk-hex-plugin before 1.1.6 are vulnerable to Command Injection due to an incomplete fix for [CVE-2022-40764](https://security.snyk.io/vuln/SNYK-JS-SNYK-3037342). A successful exploit allows attackers to run arbitrary commands on the host system where the Snyk CLI is in
O3 Security · Impact-Aware SCA

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CVE-2022-22984: snyk — Fixed in 1.1064.0