CVE-2023-29012
Prior to version 2.40.1, any user of Git CMD who starts the command in an untrusted directory is impacted by an Uncontrolles Search Path Element vulnerability.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.38%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Git for Windows is the Windows port of Git. Prior to version 2.40.1, any user of Git CMD who starts the command in an untrusted directory is impacted by an Uncontrolles Search Path Element vulnerability. Maliciously-placed `doskey.exe` would be executed silently upon running Git CMD. The problem has been patched in Git for Windows v2.40.1. As a workaround, avoid using Git CMD or, if using Git CMD, avoid starting it in an untrusted directory.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 31th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-427
- Affected
- git for windows project/git for windows
- Source
- security-advisories@github.com
References
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1Release Notes
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-gq5x-v87v-8f7gVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1Release Notes
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-gq5x-v87v-8f7gVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.