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TI-2024-21360 Aliases CVE-2024-32465

Git's protections for cloning untrusted repositories can be bypassed

Priority LOW 38CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 4 without a fix

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

Summary

Git is a revision control system. The Git project recommends to avoid working in untrusted repositories, and instead to clone it first with `git clone --no-local` to obtain a clean copy. Git has specific protections to make that a safe operation even with an untrusted source repository, but vulnerabilities allow those protections to be bypassed. In the context of cloning local repositories owned by other users, this vulnerability has been covered in CVE-2024-32004. But there are circumstances where the fixes for CVE-2024-32004 are not enough: For example, when obtaining a `.zip` file containing a full copy of a Git repository, it should not be trusted by default to be safe, as e.g. hooks could be configured to run within the context of that repository. The problem has been patched in versions 2.45.1, 2.44.1, 2.43.4, 2.42.2, 2.41.1, 2.40.2, and 2.39.4. As a workaround, avoid using Git in repositories that have been obtained via archives from untrusted sources.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01026 63rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial git (git): 2.43.4, 2.42.2, 2.40.2 +1Red Hat: 3 advisoriesRed Hat: 3 fixed, 4 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
None
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
Gitgit= 2.45.0; = 2.44.0; 2.43.0 to before 2.43.4; 2.42.0 to before 2.42.2; = 2.41.0; 2.40.0 to before 2.40.2; before 2.39.42.43.4, 2.42.2, 2.40.2, 2.39.4Patch availableCNA
  • git VendorGit Affected = 2.45.0; = 2.44.0; 2.43.0 to before 2.43.4; 2.42.0 to before 2.42.2; = 2.41.0; 2.40.0 to before 2.40.2; before 2.39.4 Fixed in 2.43.4, 2.42.2, 2.40.2, 2.39.4 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 7

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 2.39.4; 2.40.0 to before 2.40.2; 2.42.0 to before 2.42.2; 2.43.0 to before 2.43.4VulnerableGit-scm
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.41.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.41.0VulnerableGit-scm
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.44.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.44.0VulnerableGit-scm
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.45.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.45.0VulnerableGit-scm
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*40VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 2.39.4; 2.40.0 to before 2.40.2; 2.42.0 to before 2.42.2; 2.43.0 to before 2.43.4 Vulnerable ·Git-scm
  • cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.41.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.41.0 Vulnerable ·Git-scm
  • cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.44.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.44.0 Vulnerable ·Git-scm
  • cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.45.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.45.0 Vulnerable ·Git-scm
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 40 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA git (git) Fixed in 2.43.4, 2.42.2, 2.40.2, 2.39.4

Red Hat 3 advisories

  • RHSA-2024:4368 Released 2024-07-08 · Red Hat rating Important
    git security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2) git-2.39.5-1.el9_2, git-all-2.39.5-1.el9_2, git-core-2.39.5-1.el9_2 +12
  • RHSA-2024:4083 Released 2024-06-25 · Red Hat rating Important
    git security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) git-2.43.5-1.el9_4, git-all-2.43.5-1.el9_4, git-core-2.43.5-1.el9_4 +12
  • RHSA-2024:4084 Released 2024-06-25 · Red Hat rating Important
    git security update
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) git-2.43.5-1.el8_10, git-all-2.43.5-1.el8_10, git-core-2.43.5-1.el8_10 +12

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Fuse 7AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Software CollectionsAffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2024:4084
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2024:4083
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.2)Fixed RHSA-2024:4368
Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-32465

References

Patch 1

Advisory 5

Other 2

  • TI-2025-30709 Git allows arbitrary code execution through broken config quoting KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2022-07580 gitattributes parsing integer overflow in git CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2022-20244 Integer overflow in `git archive`, `git log --format` leading to RCE in git CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2021-04400 malicious repositories can execute remote code while cloning CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.0
  • TI-2024-21101 Git's recursive clones on case-insensitive filesystems that support symlinks are susceptible to Remote Code Execution CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.1
  • TI-2023-10933 "git apply --reject" partially-controlled arbitrary file write CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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