CVE-2024-45301CWE-20

ZDI-CAN-24744: Mintty Path Conversion Improper Input Validation Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Medium · published November 12, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.3
EPSS
0%
Percentile
22.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin, MSYS, and WSL. In versions 2.3.6 through 3.7.4, several escape sequences can cause the mintty process to access a file in a specific path. It is triggered by simply printing them out on bash. An attacker can specify an arbitrary network path, negotiate an ntlm hash out of the victim's machine to an attacker controlled remote host. An attacker can use password cracking tools or NetNTLMv2 hashes to Pass the Hash. Version 3.7.5 fixes the issue.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.3 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00311 · 22.8th percentile
Weakness
CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation
Published
2025-11-12T18:26Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 NOV 18:26Z
    ZDI-CAN-24744: Mintty Path Conversion Improper Input Validation Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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