CVE-2022-29187

Bypass of safe.directory protections in Git

HIGH

7.8

CVSS Score

Published: July 12, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:39 AM UTC

5 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraXcode

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Severity

HIGH7.8

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

Description

Git is a distributed revision control system. Git prior to versions 2.37.1, 2.36.2, 2.35.4, 2.34.4, 2.33.4, 2.32.3, 2.31.4, and 2.30.5, is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all platforms. An unsuspecting user could still be affected by the issue reported in CVE-2022-24765, for example when navigating as root into a shared tmp directory that is owned by them, but where an attacker could create a git repository. Versions 2.37.1, 2.36.2, 2.35.4, 2.34.4, 2.33.4, 2.32.3, 2.31.4, and 2.30.5 contain a patch for this issue. The simplest way to avoid being affected by the exploit described in the example is to avoid running git as root (or an Administrator in Windows), and if needed to reduce its use to a minimum. While a generic workaround is not possible, a system could be hardened from the exploit described in the example by removing any such repository if it exists already and creating one as root to block any future attacks.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Xcode · Apple

95%

v < 14.1

Affected range stops below 14.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

10.0

Fedora · Fedora Projectrpm

95%

35 36 37

Git · Git Scm

95%

2.30.3 ≤ v < 2.30.52.31.2 ≤ v < 2.31.42.32.1 ≤ v < 2.32.32.33.2 ≤ v < 2.33.42.34.2 ≤ v < 2.34.42.35.2 ≤ v < 2.35.42.36.0 ≤ v < 2.36.22.37.0 ≤ v < 2.37.1

Affected range stops below 2.30.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.31.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.32.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.33.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.34.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.35.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.36.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Affected range stops below 2.37.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Git · Gitrubygems

60%

v < 2.30.5v < 2.31.4v < 2.32.3v < 2.33.4v < 2.34.4v < 2.35.4v < 2.36.2v < 2.37.1