CVE-2022-24765
Uncontrolled search for the Git directory in Git for Windows
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- GitHub_M
Description
Git for Windows is a fork of Git containing Windows-specific patches. This vulnerability affects users working on multi-user machines, where untrusted parties have write access to the same hard disk. Those untrusted parties could create the folder `C:\.git`, which would be picked up by Git operations run supposedly outside a repository while searching for a Git directory. Git would then respect any config in said Git directory. Git Bash users who set `GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE` are vulnerable as well. Users who installed posh-gitare vulnerable simply by starting a PowerShell. Users of IDEs such as Visual Studio are vulnerable: simply creating a new project would already read and respect the config specified in `C:\.git\config`. Users of the Microsoft fork of Git are vulnerable simply by starting a Git Bash. The problem has been patched in Git for Windows v2.35.2. Users unable to upgrade may create the folder `.git` on all drives where Git commands are run, and remove read/write access from those folders as a workaround. Alternatively, define or extend `GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES` to cover the _parent_ directory of the user profile, e.g. `C:\Users` if the user profile is located in `C:\Users\my-user-name`.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.0 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.0% · top 37% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.0.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected < 2.35.2
References (17)
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-vw2c-22j4-2fh2 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Appendix-A%3A-Git-in-Other-Environments-Git-in-Bash (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git-scm.com/docs/git#Documentation/git.txt-codeGITCEILINGDIRECTORIEScode (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- [oss-security] 20220412 git v2.35.2 and friends for CVE-2022-24765 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-e99ae504f5 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-3759ebabd2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-2fec5f30be (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT213261 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- 20220516 APPLE-SA-2022-05-16-8 Xcode 13.4 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-dfd7e7fc0e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2022-2a5de7cb8b (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20221213 [SECURITY] [DLA 3239-1] git security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-470c7ea49e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-e3c8abd37e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-1068309389 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- FEDORA-2023-3ec32f6d4e (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- GLSA-202312-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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