CVE-2024-53263

Git LFS permits exfiltration of credentials via crafted HTTP URLs

HIGH
8.5
CVSS Score
Published: January 14, 2025 at 07:33 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLarge File Storage Project Git Large File Storage

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Severity
HIGH8.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

Git LFS is a Git extension for versioning large files. When Git LFS requests credentials from Git for a remote host, it passes portions of the host's URL to the `git-credential(1)` command without checking for embedded line-ending control characters, and then sends any credentials it receives back from the Git credential helper to the remote host. By inserting URL-encoded control characters such as line feed (LF) or carriage return (CR) characters into the URL, an attacker may be able to retrieve a user's Git credentials. This problem exists in all previous versions and is patched in v3.6.1. All users should upgrade to v3.6.1. There are no workarounds known at this time.

Affected

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

v < 3.6.1
Affected range stops below 3.6.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatableTotal impact

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CVSS

8.5HIGHGitHub_M
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-74

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