CVE-2023-29012

Git CMD erroneously executes `doskey.exe` in the current directory, if it exists

HIGH 7.3

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.38 % · percentile 32 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
GitHub_M
NVD status
Modified

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.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-427 — Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HGitHub_M
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · security-advisories@github.com (Secondary)
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
git-for-windows · gitaffected < 2.40.1

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD