CVE-2022-24765CWE-427

Uncontrolled search for the Git directory in Git for Windows

Medium · published April 12, 2022

CVSS v3.1
6.0
EPSS
1%
Percentile
62.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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`.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.0 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.01010 · 62.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-427 · Uncontrolled Search Path Element
Published
2022-04-12T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 APR 00:00Z
    Uncontrolled search for the Git directory in Git for Windows
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