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CVE-2019-1349

46
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-1349 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Git for Visual Studio, specifically affecting Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 and 2019, caused by improper input sanitization. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or publicly available exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 15.0, < 15.9.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 16.0, < 16.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
34.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3401 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 14,848 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.0
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: git-0:2.18.2-1.el8_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSFixed in: rh-git218-git-0:2.18.2-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: rh-git218-git-0:2.18.2-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: rh-git218-git-0:2.18.2-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: git-0:2.18.2-1.el8_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-git218-git-0:2.18.2-1.el7
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: git

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2019-Dec/CVE-2019-1349Critical

Git for Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Dec 10, 2019
redhatCVE-2019-1349Moderate

git: Recursive submodule cloning allows using git directory twice with synonymous directory name written in .git/

Dec 10, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00056.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2020:0228
portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1349
PatchVendor Advisory
public-inbox.org / git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-30