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CVE-2023-25652

52
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-25652 is a path traversal vulnerability in Git versions prior to 2.40.1, affecting products like Fedora and Git SCM. Specially crafted input to 'git apply --reject' can overwrite files outside the working tree with partially controlled content. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction, leading to high integrity impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage. Organizations should update Git to a patched version or avoid using 'git apply --reject' with untrusted patches as a workaround.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.30.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.31.0, < 2.31.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.32.0, < 2.32.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.33.0, < 2.33.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.34.0, < 2.34.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
51.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5188 is in the 98th 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

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (16)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.6Fixed in: 17.6.3
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)Fixed in: 15.9.55
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.2Fixed in: 17.2.16
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.11 (includes 16.0 - 16.10)Fixed in: 16.11.27
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.0Fixed in: 17.0.22
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 version 17.4Fixed in: 17.4.8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: git-0:2.39.3-1.el9_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.0 Extended Update SupportFixed in: git-0:2.31.1-5.el9_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-git227-git-0:2.27.0-6.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: git-0:1.8.3.1-25.el7_9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: git-0:2.39.3-1.el8_8
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.1 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: git-0:2.18.4-3.el8_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.2 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: git-0:2.18.4-4.el8_2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: git-0:2.27.0-4.el8_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: git-0:2.31.1-4.el8_6
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Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2023-Jun/CVE-2023-25652Important

GitHub: CVE-2023-25652 "git apply --reject" partially-controlled arbitrary file write

Jun 13, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-25652Important

git: by feeding specially crafted input to `git apply --reject`, a path outside the working tree can be overwritten with partially controlled contents

Apr 25, 2023

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00009.html
github.com / git/git/commit/18e2b1cfc80990719275d7b08e6e50f3e8cbc902
Patch
github.com / git/git/commit/668f2d53613ac8fd373926ebe219f2c29112d93e
Patch
github.com / git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-2hvf-7c8p-28fx
Vendor Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00018.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/BSXOGVVBJLYX26IAYX6PJSYQB36BREWH
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/PI7FZ4NNR5S5J5K6AMVQBH2JFP6NE4L7
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/RKOXOAZ42HLXHXTW6JZI4L5DAIYDTYCU
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/YFZWGQKB6MM5MNF2DLFTD7KS2KWPICKL
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202312-15
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/04/25/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory