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CVE-2019-1351

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-01-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-706

Description

A tampering vulnerability exists when Git for Visual Studio improperly handles virtual drive paths, aka 'Git for Visual Studio Tampering Vulnerability'.

Affected products

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8): from 15.0 before 15.9.18 — fixed in 15.9.18
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019: from 16.0 before 16.4.1 — fixed in 16.4.1
• openSUSE Leap: 15.1
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.1 - 15.8): all versions
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3): all versions
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8): 15.0
• Microsoft Visual Studio 2019: 16.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8) 15.9.18; Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 16.4.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00056.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1351
• https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-30
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00056.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html
• https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1351
• https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-30

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