CVE-2022-24803
Publication date 1 April 2022
Last updated 11 July 2025
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
Description
Asciidoctor-include-ext is Asciidoctor’s standard include processor reimplemented as an extension. Versions prior to 0.4.0, when used to render user-supplied input in AsciiDoc markup, may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary system commands on the host operating system. This attack is possible even when `allow-uri-read` is disabled! The problem has been patched in the referenced commits.
Status
| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
| ruby-asciidoctor-include-ext | 25.10 questing |
Needs evaluation
|
| 24.04 LTS noble |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 22.04 LTS jammy |
Needs evaluation
|
|
| 20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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| 16.04 LTS xenial | Ignored end of standard support | |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score |
|
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | High |
| Integrity impact | High |
| Availability impact | High |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
Other references
- https://github.com/jirutka/asciidoctor-include-ext/security/advisories/GHSA-v222-6mr4-qj29
- https://github.com/jirutka/asciidoctor-include-ext/commit/c7ea001a597c7033575342c51483dab7b87ae155 (v0.4.0)
- https://github.com/jirutka/asciidoctor-include-ext/commit/cbaccf3de533cbca224bf61d0b74e4b84d41d8ee (v0.4.0)
- https://github.com/jirutka/asciidoctor-include-ext/commit/cbaccf3de533cbca224bf61d0b74e4b84d41d8ee
- https://github.com/jirutka/asciidoctor-include-ext/commit/c7ea001a597c7033575342c51483dab7b87ae155
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-24803