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CVE-2019-1352

40
FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-1352 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Git for Visual Studio 2017 and 2019, stemming from improper input sanitization. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.8) can be exploited remotely with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking public exploit code, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage. Organizations using affected versions should prioritize patching to mitigate this significant risk.

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
24.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2401 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 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 (11)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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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
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
View patch
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
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: git-0:2.18.2-1.el8_1
View patch
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
View patch
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
View patch
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
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2019-Dec/CVE-2019-1352Critical

Git for Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Dec 10, 2019
redhatCVE-2019-1352Low

git: Files inside the .git directory may be overwritten during cloning via NTFS Alternate Data Streams

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-2019-1352
PatchVendor Advisory
public-inbox.org / git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-30