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Fencer Vulns
high 7.0

CVE-2023-29007 json

Arbitrary configuration injection via `git submodule deinit`

published 2023-04-25 3 y ago modified 2026-11-02 6 d ago also EUVD-2023-32622

cvss
7.0
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
5.6%
EPSS 5.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 92%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Git is a revision control system. Prior to versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1, a specially crafted `.gitmodules` file with submodule URLs that are longer than 1024 characters can used to exploit a bug in `config.c::git_config_copy_or_rename_section_in_file()`. This bug can be used to inject arbitrary configuration into a user's `$GIT_DIR/config` when attempting to remove the configuration section associated with that submodule. When the attacker injects configuration values which specify executables to run (such as `core.pager`, `core.editor`, `core.sshCommand`, etc.) this can lead to a remote code execution. A fix A fix is available in versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1. As a workaround, avoid running `git submodule deinit` on untrusted repositories or without prior inspection of any submodule sections in `$GIT_DIR/config`.

Patch / fix

  • git-scm git 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.5, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3
  • git Debian 12 1:2.39.5-0+deb12u1
  • git Debian 14, Debian 13 1:2.40.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2023-29007

  • git Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.18
  • git Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.11
  • git Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.9
  • git Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm7

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2023-29007

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 9 2.39.3-1.el9_2
  • gitk RHEL 9 2.39.3-1.el9_2
  • gitweb RHEL 9 2.39.3-1.el9_2
  • git-all RHEL 9 2.39.3-1.el9_2
  • git-gui RHEL 9 2.39.3-1.el9_2
  • git-svn RHEL 9 2.39.3-1.el9_2
  • git-core RHEL 9 2.39.3-1.el9_2
  • perl-Git RHEL 9 2.39.3-1.el9_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2023:3245RHSA-2023:3246RHSA-2023:3243RHSA-2023:3192RHSA-2023:3280RHSA-2023:3263

  • git SLE Real Time 15 SP3, SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP4, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4 +8 more 2.35.3-150300.10.27.1
  • git SLES for SAP 15 SP2, SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES 15 SP2-LTSS +4 more 2.26.2-150000.50.1
  • git SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES 12 SP5 +8 more 2.26.2-27.69.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2023:2038-2SUSE-SU-2023:2081-1SUSE-SU-2023:2062-1SUSE-SU-2023:2038-1

  • git openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.40.1-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:12889-1

  • git AlmaLinux 9 2.39.3-1.el9_2
  • gitk AlmaLinux 9 2.39.3-1.el9_2
  • gitweb AlmaLinux 9 2.39.3-1.el9_2
  • git-all AlmaLinux 9 2.39.3-1.el9_2
  • git-gui AlmaLinux 9 2.39.3-1.el9_2
  • git-svn AlmaLinux 9 2.39.3-1.el9_2
  • git-core AlmaLinux 9 2.39.3-1.el9_2
  • perl-Git AlmaLinux 9 2.39.3-1.el9_2

almalinux advisories ALSA-2023:3245ALSA-2023:3246

  • git Rocky Linux 8 2.39.3-1.el8_8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2023:3246

  • git Alpine 3.14 2.32.7-r0
  • git Alpine 3.15 2.34.8-r0
  • git Alpine 3.16 2.36.6-r0
  • git Alpine 3.17 2.38.5-r0
  • git Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +4 more 2.40.1-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2023-29007

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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-2023-29007 updated cvss 7.8

git: arbitrary configuration injection when renaming or deleting a section from a configuration file

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 git, gitk, gitweb, git-all, git-cvs, git-gui, +6 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) git 2.39.3-1.el8_8, gitk 2.39.3-1.el8_8, gitweb 2.39.3-1.el8_8, git-all 2.39.3-1.el8_8, git-gui 2.39.3-1.el8_8, git-svn 2.39.3-1.el8_8, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3246
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) git 2.39.3-1.el9_2, gitk 2.39.3-1.el9_2, gitweb 2.39.3-1.el9_2, git-all 2.39.3-1.el9_2, git-gui 2.39.3-1.el9_2, git-svn 2.39.3-1.el9_2, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3245
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream AUS (v. 8.2) git 2.18.4-4.el8_2, gitk 2.18.4-4.el8_2, gitweb 2.18.4-4.el8_2, git-all 2.18.4-4.el8_2, git-gui 2.18.4-4.el8_2, git-svn 2.18.4-4.el8_2, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3382
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v. 8.1) git 2.18.4-3.el8_1, gitk 2.18.4-3.el8_1, gitweb 2.18.4-3.el8_1, git-all 2.18.4-3.el8_1, git-gui 2.18.4-3.el8_1, git-svn 2.18.4-3.el8_1, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3192
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.4) git 2.27.0-4.el8_4, gitk 2.27.0-4.el8_4, gitweb 2.27.0-4.el8_4, git-all 2.27.0-4.el8_4, git-gui 2.27.0-4.el8_4, git-svn 2.27.0-4.el8_4, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3243
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.8.6) git 2.31.1-4.el8_6, gitk 2.31.1-4.el8_6, gitweb 2.31.1-4.el8_6, git-all 2.31.1-4.el8_6, git-gui 2.31.1-4.el8_6, git-svn 2.31.1-4.el8_6, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3247
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) git 2.31.1-5.el9_0, gitk 2.31.1-5.el9_0, gitweb 2.31.1-5.el9_0, git-all 2.31.1-5.el9_0, git-gui 2.31.1-5.el9_0, git-svn 2.31.1-5.el9_0, +8 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3248
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) git 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, gitk 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, git-hg 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, git-p4 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, gitweb 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, git-all 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) git 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, gitk 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, git-hg 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, git-p4 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, gitweb 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, git-all 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) git 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, perl-Git 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) gitk 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, git-hg 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, git-p4 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, gitweb 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, git-all 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, git-bzr 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, +10 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) git 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, perl-Git 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) gitk 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, git-hg 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, git-p4 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, gitweb 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, git-all 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, git-bzr 1.8.3.1-25.el7_9, +10 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3263
  • Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL Workstation(v. 7) rh-git227-git 2.27.0-6.el7, rh-git227-gitk 2.27.0-6.el7, rh-git227-git-p4 2.27.0-6.el7, rh-git227-gitweb 2.27.0-6.el7, rh-git227-git-all 2.27.0-6.el7, rh-git227-git-cvs 2.27.0-6.el7, +10 more Red Hat Software Collections for RHEL(v. 7) rh-git227-git 2.27.0-6.el7, rh-git227-gitk 2.27.0-6.el7, rh-git227-git-p4 2.27.0-6.el7, rh-git227-gitweb 2.27.0-6.el7, rh-git227-git-all 2.27.0-6.el7, rh-git227-git-cvs 2.27.0-6.el7, +10 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3280

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

cisa ICSA-25-105-08 updated cvss 7.3

ABB M2M Gateway

  • ABB M2M Gateway >=4.1.2, <=5.0.3, >=5.0.1, <=5.0.3
    affected: mitigation

Facts from CISA's republication of the vendor's own advisory (CSAF); the linked advisory is the authoritative source. CISA notification · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

5.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.0 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • git git

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-74 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component

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.