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CVE-2023-23946

Git's `git apply` overwriting paths outside the working tree

Medium6.2EPSS 1.1%
Published
Updated
Reserved
Assigned by
GitHub_M

Description

Git, a revision control system, is vulnerable to path traversal prior to versions 2.39.2, 2.38.4, 2.37.6, 2.36.5, 2.35.7, 2.34.7, 2.33.7, 2.32.6, 2.31.7, and 2.30.8. By feeding a crafted input to `git apply`, a path outside the working tree can be overwritten as the user who is running `git apply`. A fix has been prepared and will appear in v2.39.2, v2.38.4, v2.37.6, v2.36.5, v2.35.7, v2.34.7, v2.33.7, v2.32.6, v2.31.7, and v2.30.8. As a workaround, use `git apply --stat` to inspect a patch before applying; avoid applying one that creates a symbolic link and then creates a file beyond the symbolic link.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2023-23946, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
GitHub_MCNA (assigner)3.1Medium6.2CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVDNVD · Modified3.1High7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.1% · top 33% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
CISA SSVC
Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.

Weakness

Affected products

  • git · git

    • affected >= 2.39.0, < 2.39.2
    • affected >= 2.38.0, < 2.38.4
    • affected >= 2.37.0, < 2.37.6
    • affected >= 2.36.0, < 2.36.5
    • affected >= 2.35.0, < 2.35.7
    • affected >= 2.34.0, < 2.34.7
    • affected >= 2.33.0, < 2.33.7
    • affected >= 2.32.0, < 2.32.6
    • affected >= 2.31.0, < 2.31.7
    • affected < 2.30.8

References (3)

Sources

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