Composer is a dependency Manager for the PHP language. From 1.0 until 2.2.30 and 2.10.3, a malicious dependency package from a custom Composer repository or an untrusted composer.lock file could set source.type to perforce and source.url to an rsh: or jsh: P4PORT value. When the Perforce p4 client was installed and Composer installed the package from source through composer install or composer update, including --prefer-source, Composer\Util\Perforce passed the address to p4 without validation, causing p4 to run a local command with the privileges of the user or CI account. Packagist.org does not permit Perforce source metadata. This issue is fixed in versions 2.2.30 and 2.10.3.
History

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Getcomposer
Getcomposer composer
Vendors & Products Getcomposer
Getcomposer composer

Thu, 03 Sep 2026 05:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 02 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


Tue, 01 Sep 2026 22:00:00 +0000

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Description Composer is a dependency Manager for the PHP language. From 1.0 until 2.2.30 and 2.10.3, a malicious dependency package from a custom Composer repository or an untrusted composer.lock file could set source.type to perforce and source.url to an rsh: or jsh: P4PORT value. When the Perforce p4 client was installed and Composer installed the package from source through composer install or composer update, including --prefer-source, Composer\Util\Perforce passed the address to p4 without validation, causing p4 to run a local command with the privileges of the user or CI account. Packagist.org does not permit Perforce source metadata. This issue is fixed in versions 2.2.30 and 2.10.3.
Title Composer: Perforce source URL permits P4PORT `rsh:` command execution
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published: 2026-09-01T20:06:48.375Z

Updated: 2026-09-03T03:56:08.149Z

Reserved: 2026-09-01T16:27:58.128Z

Link: CVE-2026-84361

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-09-02T19:13:30.347Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-09-01T21:18:47.023

Modified: 2026-09-09T21:09:13.080

Link: CVE-2026-84361

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-09-01T20:06:48Z

Links: CVE-2026-84361 - Bugzilla