High severity · published Dec 11, 2019
CVE-2019-19604
Arbitrary command execution is possible in Git before 2.20.2, 2.21.x before 2.21.1, 2.22.x before 2.22.2, 2.23.x before 2.23.1, and 2.24.x before 2.24.1 because a "git submodule…
7.8
CVSS
3.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Arbitrary command execution is possible in Git before 2.20.2, 2.21.x before 2.21.1, 2.22.x before 2.22.2, 2.23.x before 2.23.1, and 2.24.x before 2.24.1 because a "git submodule update" operation can run commands found in the .gitmodules file of a malicious repository.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.7% · higher than 90% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
30; 31 · source: NVD
GI
Git · Git-scm
before 2.20.0; 2.21.0 before 2.21.1; 2.22.0 before 2.22.2; 2.23.0 before 2.23.1; 2.24.0 before 2.24.1 · source: NVD
LE
Leap · Opensuse
15.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19604
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19604
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00056.html
Mailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/12/13/1
Exploit
https://gitlab.com/gitlab-com/gl-security/disclosures/blob/master/003_git_submodule/advisory.md
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HCYSSCA5ZTEP46SB4XRPSQGFV2L3NKMZ/
lists.fedoraproject.org
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6UGTEOXWIYSM5KDZL74QD2GK6YQNQCP/
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