CVE-2024-32465
Git's protections for cloning untrusted repositories can be bypassed
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2024-32465
To remediate CVE-2024-32465, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.39.5-r0 or later
- —upgrade to 2.39.4 or later
- —upgrade to 1:2.30.2-1+deb11u3 or later
Is CVE-2024-32465 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 2.39.5-r0
- from 0, < 2.39.4, >= 2.40.0, < 2.40.2, >= 2.41.0, < 2.41.1, >= 2.42.0, < 2.42.2, >= 2.43.0, < 2.43.4, >= 2.44.0, < 2.44.1, >= 2.45.0, < 2.45.1
- from 0, < 1:2.30.2-1+deb11u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |