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CVE-2023-23946

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CVE-2023-23946

Published: Feb 14, 2023

Modified: Feb 13, 2025

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

6.2

MEDIUM

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.

VendorProductVersions

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

+5 more versions

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

High

Availability

None

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