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TI-2025-43788 Aliases GHSA-6fgx-x7m2-74qm

tracexec has `env` command argument injection via environment variables starting with dash in traced exec events

Priority LOW 38CWE-77Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
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Privileges required
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User interaction
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Attack complexity
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Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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Fix status
Fixed

No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from GitHub. Impact type from CWE-77.

Summary

### Impact For tracexec's command line reconstruction feature, when a traced process executes another process with a environment variable where the key starts with a dash, tracexec incorrectly shows its commandline where such environment variables could cause argument injection for the `env` command. Such an injection is completely at the UI level unless the user tries to copy the command line with the injection and paste it into a terminal to execute it. A minimal POC is executing `env -- -a=b bash --norc` in tracexec's TUI mode. The resulting command line of `env` executing bash would be `env -a bash -a=b _=/usr/bin/env /usr/bin/bash --norc` in tracexec's TUI, which injects `-a=b` into `env`'s arguments. This has very limited effect for security. A local adversarial could leverage this to make tracexec show an inaccurate reconstructed commandline for their executed command. If the user of tracexec decides to copy and run the reconstructed commandline, there could be injection for `env`'s `--block-signal`, `--default-signal`, `--ignore-signal`, `--split-string`, `--unset`, `--chdir`, `--argv0` arguments. ### Patches The fix is https://github.com/kxxt/tracexec/pull/118. Users are advised to upgrade to 0.14.0. ### Workarounds Don't blindly paste and execute commands copied from tracexec that contains environment variable where the key starts with a dash.

Why it matters now

Fix Fixed tracexec (crates.io): 0.14.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—tracexec (crates.io)before 0.14.00.14.0Patch availableGHSA-6fgx-x7m2-74qm
  • tracexec (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.14.0 Fixed in 0.14.0 Patch available GHSA-6fgx-x7m2-74qm

Remediation

  • Fix · GHSA-6fgx-x7m2-74qm tracexec (crates.io) Fixed in 0.14.0 Advisory →

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-6fgx-x7m2-74qm

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