QID 376576

Date Published: 2022-05-04

QID 376576: Git LFS Remote Code Execution (RCE) Vulnerability (CVE-2022-24826)

Git is a revision control system, a tool to manage your source code history.

On Windows, if Git LFS operates on a malicious repository with a '..exe' file as well as a file named 'git.exe', and 'git.exe' is not found in 'PATH', the '..exe' program will be executed, permitting the attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Affected Versions:
Git LFS for Windows version from 2.12.1 prior to 3.1.3

NOTE:
This does not affect Unix systems.

QID Detection Logic:(Authenticated)
It checks for git-lfs.exe file version from HKLM\SYSTEM\ControlSet001\Control\Session Manager\Environment registry.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.8 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 4.4 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to upgrade to Git for Windows 3.1.3 or 3.1.4 or later versions to remediate this vulnerability. For more information please visithere

Vendor References

Git LFS Advisory - github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/security/advisories/GHSA-6rw3-3whw-jvjj

CVEs related to QID 376576

CVE-2022-24826 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
Git LFS Advisory			github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/security/advisories/GHSA-6rw3-3whw-jvjj

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