Description
gradle-completion provides Bash and Zsh completion support for Gradle. A command injection vulnerability was found in gradle-completion up to and including 9.3.0 that allows arbitrary code execution when a user triggers Bash tab completion in a project containing a malicious Gradle build file. The `gradle-completion` script for Bash fails to adequately sanitize Gradle task names and task descriptions, allowing command injection via a malicious Gradle build file when the user completes a command in Bash (without them explicitly running any task in the build). For example, given a task description that includes a string between backticks, then that string would be evaluated as a command when presenting the task description in the completion list. While task execution is the core feature of Gradle, this inherent execution may lead to unexpected outcomes. The vulnerability does not affect zsh completion. The first patched version is 9.3.1. As a workaround, it is possible and effective to temporarily disable bash completion for Gradle by removing `gradle-completion` from `.bashrc` or `.bash_profile`.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gradle | gradle-completion | < 9.3.1 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Debian
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 14 | gradle-completion | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 13 | gradle-completion | No fix yet | — |
| Debian 12 | gradle-completion | No fix yet | — |
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | gradle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | gradle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 25.10 | gradle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | gradle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | gradle | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | gradle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 16.04 LTS | gradle | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | gradle | No fix yet | — |