CVE-2023-23946Git's `git apply` overwriting paths outside the working tree
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Git, a revision control system, is vulnerable to path traversal prior to versions 2.39.2, 2.38.4, 2.37.6, 2.36.5, 2.35.7, 2.34.7, 2.33.7, 2.32.6, 2.31.7, and 2.30.8. By feeding a crafted input to `git apply`, a path outside the working tree can be overwritten as the user who is running `git apply`. A fix has been prepared and will appear in v2.39.2, v2.38.4, v2.37.6, v2.36.5, v2.35.7, v2.34.7, v2.33.7, v2.32.6, v2.31.7, and v2.30.8. As a workaround, use `git apply --stat` to inspect a patch before applying; avoid applying one that creates a symbolic link and then creates a file beyond the symbolic link.
- CVSS
- 6.2 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-22
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- GitHub_M
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Oct 8, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
git git git:git (from the name) | from 2.39.0, < 2.39.2; from 2.38.0, < 2.38.4; from 2.37.0, < 2.37.6; from 2.36.0, < 2.36.5; from 2.35.0, < 2.35.7; from 2.34.0, < 2.34.7; from 2.33.0, < 2.33.7; from 2.32.0, < 2.32.6; and 2 more ranges | CNA record |
git-scm git git-scm:git | before 2.30.8; from 2.31.0 before 2.31.7; from 2.32.0 before 2.32.6; from 2.33.0 before 2.33.7; from 2.34.0 before 2.34.7; from 2.35.0 before 2.35.7; from 2.36.0 before 2.36.5; from 2.37.0 before 2.37.6; and 2 more ranges | NVD |
References
- https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-r87m-v37r-cwfhx-refsource-confirm
- https://github.com/git/git/commit/c867e4fa180bec4750e9b54eb10f459030dbebfdx-refsource-misc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-15
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