CVE-2023-49569 (GCVE-0-2023-49569)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-12 10:41 – Updated: 2024-11-14 14:34
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Maliciously crafted Git server replies can lead to path traversal and RCE on go-git clients
Summary
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Applications are only affected if they are using the ChrootOS https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5/osfs#ChrootOS , which is the default when using "Plain" versions of Open and Clone funcs (e.g. PlainClone). Applications using BoundOS https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-git/go-billy/v5/osfs#BoundOS or in-memory filesystems are not affected by this issue.
This is a go-git implementation issue and does not affect the upstream git cli.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-01-18 19:36 UTC
CWE
- CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
1 reference
Impacted products
Date Public
2024-01-12 10:40
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