{"id":"CVE-2019-1387","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2019-1387","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:22:44.964Z","title":"Recursive clones are currently affected by a vulnerability that is caused by too-lax validation of submodule names, allowing very targeted attacks via remote code execution in recursive clones.","description":"An issue was found in Git before v2.24.1, v2.23.1, v2.22.2, v2.21.1, v2.20.2, v2.19.3, v2.18.2, v2.17.3, v2.16.6, v2.15.4, and v2.14.6. Recursive clones are currently affected by a vulnerability that is caused by too-lax validation of submodule names, allowing very targeted attacks via remote code execution in recursive clones.","published":"2019-12-18T21:15:14.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T02:28:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secure@microsoft.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["git-scm/git"],"epss":{"score":0.04426,"percentile":0.91317,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.43%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00056.html","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4356","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0002","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0124","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0228","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00019.html","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00018.html","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6UGTEOXWIYSM5KDZL74QD2GK6YQNQCP/","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/T/#u","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-30","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-42","source":"secure@microsoft.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00056.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4356","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0002","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0124","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0228","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00019.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00018.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00009.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6UGTEOXWIYSM5KDZL74QD2GK6YQNQCP/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/T/#u","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-30","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-42","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-1387","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}