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CVE-2019-1350

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CVE-2019-1350 is a remote code execution vulnerability in Git for Visual Studio, affecting Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 and 2019, stemming from improper input sanitization. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, including mentions of Chinese state-sponsored exploitation, and was addressed in Microsoft's December 2019 Patch Tuesday.

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
25.67%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2567 is in the 98th 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 (5)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.0
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2019-Dec/CVE-2019-1350Critical

Git for Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Dec 10, 2019
redhatCVE-2019-1350

git: Incorrect quoting of command-line arguments allowed remote code execution during a recursive clone

Dec 10, 2019

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00056.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html
portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1350
PatchVendor Advisory
public-inbox.org / git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-30
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-42