CVE-2014-9938
HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: March 20, 2017 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGit
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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh in Git before 1.9.3 does not sanitize branch names in the PS1 variable, allowing a malicious repository to cause code execution.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2004x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/git/git/commit/8976500cbbb13270398d3b3e07a17b8cc7bff43fx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/njhartwell/pw3nageCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-116
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