CVE-2019-1387 (GCVE-0-2019-1387)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-18 20:11 – Updated: 2025-11-04 16:09
VLAI
Summary
An issue was found in Git before v2.24.1, v2.23.1, v2.22.2, v2.21.1, v2.20.2, v2.19.3, v2.18.2, v2.17.3, v2.16.6, v2.15.4, and v2.14.6. Recursive clones are currently affected by a vulnerability that is caused by too-lax validation of submodule names, allowing very targeted attacks via remote code execution in recursive clones.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-19 18:49 UTC
CWE
  • Remote Code Execution
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Microsoft Corporation Git Affected: Before v2.24.1
Affected: Before v2.23.1
Affected: Before v2.22.2
Affected: Before v2.21.1
Affected: Before v2.20.2
Affected: Before v2.19.3
Affected: Before v2.18.2
Affected: Before v2.17.3
Affected: Before v2.16.6
Affected: Before v2.15.4
Affected: Before v2.14.6
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git git Affected: 0 , < 2,24.1 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 2.23.1 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 2.22.2 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 2.21.1 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 2.20.2 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 2.19.3 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 2.18.2 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 2.17.3 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 2.16.6 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 2.15.4 (custom)
Affected: 0 , < 2.14.6 (custom)
    cpe:2.3:a:git:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
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