High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Nov 30, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-3725
CVE-2021-3725
Description
Vulnerability in dirhistory plugin Description: the widgets that go back and forward in the directory history, triggered by pressing Alt-Left and Alt-Right, use functions that unsafely execute eval on directory names. If you cd into a directory with a carefully-crafted name, then press Alt-Left, the system is subject to command injection. Impacted areas: - Functions pop_past and pop_future in dirhistory plugin.
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References
1- github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/commit/06fc5fbnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
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