High severity8.2NVD Advisory· Published Oct 5, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-41116
CVE-2021-41116
Description
Composer is an open source dependency manager for the PHP language. In affected versions windows users running Composer to install untrusted dependencies are subject to command injection and should upgrade their composer version. Other OSs and WSL are not affected. The issue has been resolved in composer versions 1.10.23 and 2.1.9. There are no workarounds for this issue.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
composer/composerPackagist | < 1.10.23 | 1.10.23 |
composer/composerPackagist | >= 2.0.0-alpha1, < 2.1.9 | 2.1.9 |
Affected products
9- osv-coords6 versionspkg:bitnami/composerpkg:composer/composer/composerpkg:rpm/opensuse/php-composer&distro=openSUSE%20Leap%2015.3pkg:rpm/opensuse/php-composer&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/opensuse/php-composer2&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/php-composer&distro=SUSE%20Package%20Hub%2015%20SP3
< 1.10.23+ 5 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.23
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.23
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.26-bp153.2.6.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.25-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.1.12-1.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.10.26-bp153.2.6.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- github.com/composer/composer/commit/ca5e2f8d505fd3bfac6f7c85b82f2740becbc0aanvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- github.com/advisories/GHSA-frqg-7g38-6gcfghsaADVISORY
- github.com/composer/composer/security/advisories/GHSA-frqg-7g38-6gcfnvdThird Party AdvisoryWEB
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41116ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/composer/composer/CVE-2021-41116.yamlghsaWEB
- www.sonarsource.com/blog/securing-developer-tools-package-managersghsaWEB
- www.tenable.com/security/tns-2022-09ghsaWEB
- www.sonarsource.com/blog/securing-developer-tools-package-managers/nvd
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