zeptoclaw has Android device shell blocklist bypass via argument permutation
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-78.
Summary
### Summary [zeptoclaw](https://github.com/qhkm/zeptoclaw) implements a [blocklist](https://github.com/qhkm/zeptoclaw/blob/fe2ef07cfec5bb46b42cdd65f52b9230c03e9270/src/tools/android/actions.rs#L413-L424) to prevent dangerous commands running in android device shell, but this blocklist has several blocked commands with argements in the pattern literal, such as `rm -f` and `rm -rf`, this can be simply bypassed by using different orders for these arguments, such as `rm -r -f` or `rm -fr` etc. ### Details As in code [src/tools/android/actions.rs#L413-L424](https://github.com/qhkm/zeptoclaw/blob/fe2ef07cfec5bb46b42cdd65f52b9230c03e9270/src/tools/android/actions.rs#L413-L424), we can see the `rm -f` and `rm -rf` are hard coded and thus can be simply bypassed via `rm -r -f` or `rm -fr` etc. ```rust pub async fn device_shell(adb: &AdbExecutor, cmd: &str) -> Result<String> { // Normalize whitespace for blocklist check let normalized: String = cmd.split_whitespace().collect::<Vec<_>>().join(" "); let lower = normalized.to_lowercase(); let blocked = [ "rm -rf", "rm -r", "reboot", "factory_reset", "wipe", "format", "dd if=", "mkfs", "flash", "fastboot", ]; for pattern in &blocked { if lower.contains(pattern) { return Err(ZeptoError::Tool(format!( "Blocked dangerous command containing '{}'", pattern ))); } } ``` ### PoC Set up [zeptoclaw](https://github.com/qhkm/zeptoclaw) with an Android tool and then run the command `rm -f -r` etc. ### Impact Unauthorized command executed in Android device. ### Credit [@zpbrent](https://github.com/zpbrent)
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | zeptoclaw (crates.io) | before 0.6.2 | 0.6.2 | Patch available | GHSA-hhjv-jq77-cmvx |
- zeptoclaw (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 0.6.2 Fixed in 0.6.2 Patch available GHSA-hhjv-jq77-cmvx
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-hhjv-jq77-cmvx zeptoclaw (crates.io) Fixed in 0.6.2 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-03 Threatist record created from GHSA-hhjv-jq77-cmvx
References
Other 4
- https://github.com/qhkm/zeptoclaw/security/advisories/GHSA-hhjv-jq77-cmvx
- https://github.com/qhkm/zeptoclaw/commit/68916c3e4f3af107f11940b27854fc7ef517058b
- https://github.com/qhkm/zeptoclaw
- https://github.com/qhkm/zeptoclaw/blob/fe2ef07cfec5bb46b42cdd65f52b9230c03e9270/src/tools/android/actions.rs#L413-L424
Sources
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