Git up to 2.40.0 on Windows doskey.exe uncontrolled search path

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Git up to 2.40.0 on Windows. Impacted is an unknown function of the file doskey.exe. Such manipulation leads to uncontrolled search path. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-29012. An attack has to be approached locally. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Git up to 2.40.0 on Windows (Versioning Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file doskey.exe. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a uncontrolled search path vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-427. The product uses a fixed or controlled search path to find resources, but one or more locations in that path can be under the control of unintended actors. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The weakness was shared 04/26/2023 as GHSA-gq5x-v87v-8f7g. The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2023-29012 since 03/29/2023. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1574 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 2.40.1 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

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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
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30
• 2.31
• 2.32
• 2.33
• 2.34
• 2.35
• 2.36
• 2.37
• 2.38
• 2.39
• 2.40.0

License

• open-source

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