CVE-2021-21237 (GCVE-0-2021-21237)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2021-01-15 17:36 – Updated: 2024-08-03 18:09
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Title
Git LFS can execute a Git binary from the current directory on Windows
Summary
Git LFS is a command line extension for managing large files with Git. On Windows, if Git LFS operates on a malicious repository with a git.bat or git.exe file in the current directory, that program would be executed, permitting the attacker to execute arbitrary code. This does not affect Unix systems. This is the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-27955. This issue occurs because on Windows, Go includes (and prefers) the current directory when the name of a command run does not contain a directory separator. Other than avoiding untrusted repositories or using a different operating system, there is no workaround. This is fixed in v2.13.2.
Severity
7.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
Assigner
GitHub_M CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 72/100 over 7843 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
git-lfs git-lfs Affected: < 2.13.2
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