QID 376677

Date Published: 2022-06-22

QID 376677: Git For Windows Security Vulnerability

Git is a free and open source distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency.

CVE-2021-46101: In Git for windows through 2.34.1 when using git pull to update the local warehouse, git.cmd can be run directly.

Affected Version:
Git for windows version prior to 2.35.0

QID Detection Logic (Authenticated): Windows: Checks for git-cmd.exe version using registry "HKLM\SOFTWARE\GitForWindows" and flag if found vulnerable.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect the integrity of the user.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.5 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.

Solution

Customers are advised to update to latest version of git.

Vendor References

Git Downloads - git-scm.com/download/win

CVEs related to QID 376677

CVE-2021-46101 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
Git Downloads			git-scm.com/download/win

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