A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Git up to 2.24.0 (Versioning Software). Affected is some unknown processing of the component Subsystem for Linux. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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. When running Git in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (also known as "WSL") while accessing a working directory on a regular Windows drive, none of the NTFS protections were active.

The weakness was published 01/24/2020. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2019-1353 since 11/26/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 234508 (Amazon Linux 2 : git (ALAS-2025-2818)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 2.14.6, 2.15.4, 2.16.6, 2.17.3, 2.18.2, 2.19.3, 2.20.2, 2.21.1, 2.22.2, 2.23.1 or 2.24.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (234508). Similar entry is available at VDB-149399. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Versioning Software

Name

• Git

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.14.0
• 2.14.1
• 2.14.2
• 2.14.3
• 2.14.4
• 2.14.5
• 2.15
• 2.15.0
• 2.15.1
• 2.15.2
• 2.15.3
• 2.16
• 2.16.0
• 2.16.1
• 2.16.2
• 2.16.3
• 2.16.4
• 2.16.5
• 2.17
• 2.17.0
• 2.17.1
• 2.17.2
• 2.18
• 2.18.0
• 2.18.1
• 2.19
• 2.19.0
• 2.19.1
• 2.19.2
• 2.20
• 2.20.0
• 2.20.1
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.22.0
• 2.22.1
• 2.23
• 2.24

License

• open-source

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