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CVE-2019-1353

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-01-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

An issue was found in Git before v2.24.1, v2.23.1, v2.22.2, v2.21.1, v2.20.2, v2.19.3, v2.18.2, v2.17.3, v2.16.6, v2.15.4, and v2.14.6. When running Git in the Windows Subsystem for Linux (also known as "WSL") while accessing a working directory on a regular Windows drive, none of the NTFS protections were active.

Affected products

• git: from 2.14.0 before 2.14.6; from 2.15.0 before 2.15.4; from 2.16.0 before 2.16.6; from 2.17.0 before 2.17.3; from 2.18.0 before 2.18.2; from 2.19.0 before 2.19.3 — fixed in 2.14.6, 2.15.4, 2.16.6, 2.17.3, 2.18.2, 2.19.3
• openSUSE Leap: 15.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: git 2.14.6, 2.15.4, 2.16.6, 2.17.3. 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://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/T/#u
• 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://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/T/#u
• https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-30

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