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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.0

CVE-2022-24765 json

Uncontrolled search for the Git directory in Git for Windows

published 2022-04-12 4 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-git-2022-24765 , EUVD-2022-29592 , GHSA-vw2c-22j4-2fh2

cvss
6.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 63%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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`.

Patch / fix

  • bitnami git 2.35.2
  • git-scm git 2.35.2
  • git git 2.35.2
  • git_project git 2.35.2
  • git_for_windows_project git_for_windows 2.35.2
  • gitforwindows git 2.35.2
  • apple xcode 13.4
  • git Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:2.35.2-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-24765

  • git Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.11
  • git Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.4
  • git Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.2

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-24765

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • git RHEL 8 2.39.1-1.el8
  • gitk RHEL 8 2.39.1-1.el8
  • gitweb RHEL 8 2.39.1-1.el8
  • git-all RHEL 8 2.39.1-1.el8
  • git-gui RHEL 8 2.39.1-1.el8
  • git-svn RHEL 8 2.39.1-1.el8
  • git-core RHEL 8 2.39.1-1.el8
  • perl-Git RHEL 8 2.39.1-1.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2024:0407RHSA-2023:2859RHSA-2023:2319

  • libgit2 SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15 +18 more 0.26.8-150000.3.15.1
  • libgit2 SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS, SLES 15 SP2-BCL +12 more 0.28.4-150200.3.3.1
  • libgit2 SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 1.3.0-150400.3.3.1
  • git SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP3, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP3, openSUSE Leap 15.4 +1 more 2.35.3-150300.10.12.1
  • git SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3 +11 more 2.26.2-27.52.1
  • git SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15 +18 more 2.26.2-150000.36.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:3495-1SUSE-SU-2022:3494-1SUSE-SU-2022:3283-1SUSE-SU-2022:1484-1SUSE-SU-2022:1306-1SUSE-SU-2022:1260-1

  • git openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.35.3-1.1
  • libgit2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.4.3-1.1
  • git-annex openSUSE Tumbleweed 10.20220624-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12003-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12005-1openSUSE-SU-2024:12223-1

  • git AlmaLinux 8 2.39.1-1.el8
  • gitk AlmaLinux 8 2.39.1-1.el8
  • gitweb AlmaLinux 8 2.39.1-1.el8
  • git-all AlmaLinux 8 2.39.1-1.el8
  • git-gui AlmaLinux 8 2.39.1-1.el8
  • git-svn AlmaLinux 8 2.39.1-1.el8
  • git-core AlmaLinux 8 2.39.1-1.el8
  • perl-Git AlmaLinux 8 2.39.1-1.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:2859ALSA-2023:2319

  • git Alpine 3.13 2.30.3-r0
  • git Alpine 3.14 2.32.1-r0
  • git Alpine 3.15 2.34.2-r0
  • git Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +6 more 2.35.2-r0
  • libgit2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +5 more 1.4.4-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-24765

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  • git Arch Linux 2.35.3-1

arch linux advisories AVG-2679

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-24765 updated cvss 7.8

git: On multi-user machines Git users might find themselves unexpectedly in a Git worktree

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 git, gitk, gitweb, git-all, git-cvs, git-gui, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 git, gitk, git-hg, git-p4, gitweb, git-all, +12 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Software Collections rh-git227-git, rh-git227-gitk, rh-git227-git-p4, rh-git227-gitweb, rh-git227-git-all, rh-git227-git-cvs, +10 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) git 2.39.1-1.el8, gitk 2.39.1-1.el8, gitweb 2.39.1-1.el8, git-all 2.39.1-1.el8, git-gui 2.39.1-1.el8, git-svn 2.39.1-1.el8, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2859
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) git 2.39.1-1.el9, gitk 2.39.1-1.el9, gitweb 2.39.1-1.el9, git-all 2.39.1-1.el9, git-gui 2.39.1-1.el9, git-svn 2.39.1-1.el9, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2319
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) git 2.31.8-1.el8_6, gitk 2.31.8-1.el8_6, gitweb 2.31.8-1.el8_6, git-all 2.31.8-1.el8_6, git-gui 2.31.8-1.el8_6, git-svn 2.31.8-1.el8_6, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2024:0407

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
10 mo ago

Exploit prediction

1.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
OSV 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
bitnami git
<2.35.2
2.35.2

Affected products

  • git-for-windows git

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: git for windows improved version ranges, cpes, etc, and added upstream git since it does appear to affect normal git when using on multi-user machines.