OS command injection in git-diff-apply

git-diff-apply Updated 02 Oct 2025

Summary

14/02/2020

Disclosed on

CVE-2019-10776

CVE

Yes i

Fix available

Critical

Severity

9.8

CVSS Score

CVE-2019-10776: OS command injection in git-diff-apply. Affects git-diff-apply versions < 0.22.2. Fixed in 0.22.2. How to fix ↓

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In "index.js" file line 240, the run command executes the git command with a user controlled variable called remoteUrl. This affects git-diff-apply all versions prior to 0.22.2.

How To Fix

Latest published version: 8.1.0 as of 23 Oct 2026

npm install git-diff-apply@8.1.0

Upgrading to it may include breaking changes; the version below is the minimum fixed release for this vulnerability.

If you need the minimum change

0.22.2

This is the first release that contains the fix.

npm install git-diff-apply@0.22.2

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