CVE-2019-19604

moderate-risk

Published 2019-12-11

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.

Do I need to act?

1.3% chance of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS score — moderate exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 7.8/10 High

LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (6)

Git

Debian Linux

Fedora

Leap

Affected Vendors

Debian Fedoraproject Opensuse Git-Scm

References (20)

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_submod...

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedorapro...

https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/

Third Party Advisory https://raw.githubusercontent.com/git/git/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.24.1.t...

Third Party Advisory https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-30

Third Party Advisory https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4581