CVE-2022-39260CWE-122CWE-787

Git vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Heap overflow in `git shell`

High · published October 19, 2022

CVSS v3.1
8.5
EPSS
4%
Percentile
90.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Git is an open source, scalable, distributed revision control system. `git shell` is a restricted login shell that can be used to implement Git's push/pull functionality via SSH. In versions prior to 2.30.6, 2.31.5, 2.32.4, 2.33.5, 2.34.5, 2.35.5, 2.36.3, and 2.37.4, the function that splits the command arguments into an array improperly uses an `int` to represent the number of entries in the array, allowing a malicious actor to intentionally overflow the return value, leading to arbitrary heap writes. Because the resulting array is then passed to `execv()`, it is possible to leverage this attack to gain remote code execution on a victim machine. Note that a victim must first allow access to `git shell` as a login shell in order to be vulnerable to this attack. This problem is patched in versions 2.30.6, 2.31.5, 2.32.4, 2.33.5, 2.34.5, 2.35.5, 2.36.3, and 2.37.4 and users are advised to upgrade to the latest version. Disabling `git shell` access via remote logins is a viable short-term workaround.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.03987 · 90.5th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow; CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write
Published
2022-10-19T00:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 OCT 00:00Z
    Git vulnerable to Remote Code Execution via Heap overflow in `git shell`
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