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TI-2020-09810 Aliases CVE-2020-12278GHSA-w32v-c4gg-xc8p

An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x before 0.99.0.

Priority MEDIUM 50CWE-706Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x before 0.99.0. path.c mishandles equivalent filenames that exist because of NTFS Alternate Data Streams. This may allow remote code execution when cloning a repository. This issue is similar to CVE-2019-1352.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.05238 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Deferred Red Hat: fix deferred

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:libgit2:libgit2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 0.28.4Vulnerablelibgit2
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:libgit2:libgit2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.28.4 Vulnerable ·libgit2
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2020-12278
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w32v-c4gg-xc8p

References

Patch 2

Advisory 4

Other 1

Sources

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