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ALPINE-CVE-2022-24765

ALPINE-CVE-2022-24765 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.800000190734863 HIGH

Git for Windows is a fork of Git containing Windows-specific patches. This vulnerability affects users working on multi-user machines, where untrusted parties have write access to the same hard disk. Those untrusted parties could create the folder `C:\.git`, which would be picked up by Git operations run supposedly outside a repository while searching for a Git directory. Git would then respect any config in said Git directory. Git Bash users who set `GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE` are vulnerable as well. Users who installed posh-gitare vulnerable simply by starting a PowerShell. Users of IDEs such as Visual Studio are vulnerable: simply creating a new project would already read and respect the config specified in `C:\.git\config`. Users of the Microsoft fork of Git are vulnerable simply by starting a Git Bash. The problem has been patched in Git for Windows v2.35.2. Users unable to upgrade may create the folder `.git` on all drives where Git commands are run, and remove read/write access from those folders as a workaround. Alternatively, define or extend `GIT_CEILING_DIRECTORIES` to cover the _parent_ directory of the user profile, e.g. `C:\Users` if the user profile is located in `C:\Users\my-user-name`.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.800000190734863
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.20git0, 2.9.3-r0, 2.9.2-r0
Alpine:v3.16git0, 1.6.0.4-r1, 1.6.0.4-r2
Alpine:v3.23git2.13.0-r0, 2.32.0-r0, 0
Alpine:v3.19git1.7.2.1-r0, 2.9.3-r0, 2.9.2-r0
Alpine:v3.18git2.34.1-r1, 2.28.0-r0, 2.27.0-r1
Alpine:v3.22git1.7.3.5-r1, 2.27.0-r1, 2.27.0-r0
Alpine:v3.15git1.7.7.4-r0, 1.7.8-r0, 1.7.8.1-r0
Alpine:v3.14git2.9.3-r0, 1.6.0.4-r1, 1.6.1-r0
Alpine:v3.13git1.8.4.2-r0, 1.8.4.1-r0, 1.8.4-r0
Alpine:v3.17git2.5.0-r0, 2.4.6-r1, 2.4.6-r0
Alpine:v3.21git1.6.0.4-r1, 1.6.1-r0, 1.6.1.3-r0

Timeline

  • Apr 12, 2022 CVE Published
  • Dec 3, 2025 CVE Updated
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
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