CVE-2025-23040CWE-522

Maliciously crafted remote URLs could lead to credential leak in GitHub Desktop

Medium · published January 15, 2025

CVSS v3.1
6.6
EPSS
1%
Percentile
54.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

GitHub Desktop is an open-source Electron-based GitHub app designed for git development. An attacker convincing a user to clone a repository directly or through a submodule can allow the attacker access to the user's credentials through the use of maliciously crafted remote URL. GitHub Desktop relies on Git to perform all network related operations (such as cloning, fetching, and pushing). When a user attempts to clone a repository GitHub Desktop will invoke `git clone` and when Git encounters a remote which requires authentication it will request the credentials for that remote host from GitHub Desktop using the git-credential protocol. Using a maliciously crafted URL it's possible to cause the credential request coming from Git to be misinterpreted by Github Desktop such that it will send credentials for a different host than the host that Git is currently communicating with thereby allowing for secret exfiltration. GitHub username and OAuth token, or credentials for other Git remote hosts stored in GitHub Desktop could be improperly transmitted to an unrelated host. Users should update to GitHub Desktop 3.4.12 or greater which fixes this vulnerability. Users who suspect they may be affected should revoke any relevant credentials.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.6 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00757 · 54.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-522 · Insufficiently Protected Credentials
Published
2025-01-15T17:25Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 JAN 17:25Z
    Maliciously crafted remote URLs could lead to credential leak in GitHub Desktop
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