CVE-2021-29468 describes a critical vulnerability in Cygwin Git, where specially crafted repositories containing symbolic links and backslash characters in filenames can lead to arbitrary code execution during repository checkout. This vulnerability carries a high severity CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is present in upstream Git, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.31.1-1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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