CVE-2021-46101

FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-46101 describes a vulnerability in Git for Windows versions through 2.34.1, where using 'git pull' can directly execute 'git.cmd'. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity that could lead to high integrity impact without requiring user interaction. While the EPSS score suggests a low probability of exploitation, there is currently no public exploit code, active exploitation, or significant community discussion reported for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 2.34.1CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:gitforwindows:git::::::windows::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

1.40%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

69.8%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-26

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0140 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-46101Moderate

git: git.cmd can be run directly when using git pull to update the local warehouse

Jan 31, 2022

References

github.com / 0xADY/git_rce

ExploitThird Party Advisory