CVEvulnerability
CVE-2023-22743
7.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2023-02-14
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426
Description
Git for Windows is the Windows port of the revision control system Git. Prior to Git for Windows version 2.39.2, by carefully crafting DLL and putting into a subdirectory of a specific name living next to the Git for Windows installer, Windows can be tricked into side-loading said DLL. This potentially allows users with local write access to place malicious payloads in a location where automated upgrades might run the Git for Windows installer with elevation. Version 2.39.2 contains a patch for this issue. Some workarounds are available. Never leave untrusted files in the Downloads folder or its sub-folders before executing the Git for Windows installer, or move the installer into a different directory before executing it.
Affected configurations
• git for windows project git for windows (< 2.39.2)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness
References
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/002/ Technical Description
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.39.2.windows.1 Release Notes
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-gf48-x3vr-j5c3 Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-p2x9-prp4-8gvq Vendor Advisory
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/cookbook-overview?redirectedfrom=MSDN#using-comctl32dll-version-6-in-an-application-that-uses-only-standard-extensions Patch, Technical Description, Vendor Advisory
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sbscs/about-side-by-side-assemblies- Patch, Technical Description, Vendor Advisory
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/002/ Technical Description
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.39.2.windows.1 Release Notes
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-gf48-x3vr-j5c3 Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-p2x9-prp4-8gvq Vendor Advisory
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/cookbook-overview?redirectedfrom=MSDN#using-comctl32dll-version-6-in-an-application-that-uses-only-standard-extensions Patch, Technical Description, Vendor Advisory
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sbscs/about-side-by-side-assemblies- Patch, Technical Description, Vendor Advisory