CVE-2020-12279
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: April 27, 2020 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:51 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxLIBGIT2
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x before 0.99.0. checkout.c mishandles equivalent filenames that exist because of NTFS short names. This may allow remote code execution when cloning a repository. This issue is similar to CVE-2019-1353.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (6)
PatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-589j-mmg9-733vPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/64c612cc3e25eff5fb02c59ef5a66ba7a14751e4Release NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.28.4Release NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.99.0Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-706
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