Description
An issue was found in Git before v2.24.1, v2.23.1, v2.22.2, v2.21.1, v2.20.2, v2.19.3, v2.18.2, v2.17.3, v2.16.6, v2.15.4, and v2.14.6. Recursive clones are currently affected by a vulnerability that is caused by too-lax validation of submodule names, allowing very targeted attacks via remote code execution in recursive clones.
Published: 2019-12-18
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: 2.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2059-1 git security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3844-1 git security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3867-1 git security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4581-1 git security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-9944 An issue was found in Git before v2.24.1, v2.23.1, v2.22.2, v2.21.1, v2.20.2, v2.19.3, v2.18.2, v2.17.3, v2.16.6, v2.15.4, and v2.14.6. Recursive clones are currently affected by a vulnerability that is caused by too-lax validation of submodule names, allowing very targeted attacks via remote code execution in recursive clones.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4220-1 Git vulnerabilities
History

Tue, 04 Nov 2025 16:30:00 +0000

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Git-scm Git
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel E4s Rhel Software Collections
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: microsoft

Published:

Updated: 2025-11-04T16:09:13.231Z

Reserved: 2018-11-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-1387

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T18:13:30.492Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-12-18T21:15:13.820

Modified: 2025-11-04T16:15:42.387

Link: CVE-2019-1387

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2019-12-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-1387 - Bugzilla

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