Syntx's command auto-approval module contains a critical OS command injection vulnerability that renders its whitelist security mechanism completely ineffective. The system relies on fragile regular expressions to parse command structures; while it attempts to intercept dangerous operations, it fails to account for standard Shell command substitution syntax (specifically $(...)and backticks ...). An attacker can construct a command such as git log --grep="$(malicious_command)", forcing Syntx to misidentify it as a safe git operation and automatically approve it. The underlying Shell prioritizes the execution of the malicious code injected within the arguments, resulting in Remote Code Execution without any user interaction.
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Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:00:00 +0000

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Title OS Command Injection via Weak Shell Parsing in Syntx Command Auto-Approval
Weaknesses CWE-78

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 19:45:00 +0000

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Description Syntx's command auto-approval module contains a critical OS command injection vulnerability that renders its whitelist security mechanism completely ineffective. The system relies on fragile regular expressions to parse command structures; while it attempts to intercept dangerous operations, it fails to account for standard Shell command substitution syntax (specifically $(...)and backticks ...). An attacker can construct a command such as git log --grep="$(malicious_command)", forcing Syntx to misidentify it as a safe git operation and automatically approve it. The underlying Shell prioritizes the execution of the malicious code injected within the arguments, resulting in Remote Code Execution without any user interaction.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-03-30T19:39:53.648Z

Reserved: 2026-03-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2026-30305

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-03-30T20:16:21.087

Modified: 2026-03-30T20:16:21.087

Link: CVE-2026-30305

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