SARA / Free Tools / CVE / CVE-2023-29007

CVE-2023-29007 — Git is a revision control system

Git is a revision control system. Prior to versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1, a specially crafted `.gitmodules` file with submodule URLs that are longer than 1024 characters can used to exploit a bug in `config.c::

CVSS
7.0 HIGH
EPSS
0.83% (top 25.80%)
CWE
CWE-74
Published
2023-04-25T20:09:52.182Z
Last modified
2025-11-04T16:10:07.750Z
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

01What is this vulnerability?

Git is a revision control system. Prior to versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1, a specially crafted `.gitmodules` file with submodule URLs that are longer than 1024 characters can used to exploit a bug in `config.c::git_config_copy_or_rename_section_in_file()`. This bug can be used to inject arbitrary configuration into a user's…

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
gitgit< 2.30.9, >= 2.31.0, < 2.31.8, >= 2.32.0, < 2.32.7, >= 2.33.0, < 2.33.8, >= 2.34.0, < 2.34.8, >= 2.35.0, < 2.35.8, >= 2.36.0, < 2.36.6, >= 2.37.0, < 2.37.7, >= 2.38.0, < 2.38.5, >= 2.39.0, < 2.39.3, >= 2.40.0, < 2.40.1

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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