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CVE-2023-25815

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-25815 is a low-severity vulnerability affecting Git for Windows versions prior to 2.40.1, where a change in gettext initialization allows low-privilege local users to place malicious localized messages in a hard-coded path. This could lead to social engineering attacks by displaying fake messages to users. The attack requires local write access and user interaction, making it difficult to exploit. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, though it has received some media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.40.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:git_for_windows_project:git_for_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.3LOW

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
LOW
Exploitability Score
0.8
Impact Score
2.5
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
58.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0096 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 30 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 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 (15)

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 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 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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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: git-0:2.39.3-1.el9_2
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Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2023-Jun/CVE-2023-25815Important

GitHub: CVE-2023-25815 Git looks for localized messages in an unprivileged place

Jun 13, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-25815Low

git: malicious placement of crafted messages when git was compiled with runtime prefix

Apr 25, 2023

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00009.html
axcheron.github.io / exploit-101-format-strings
Product
github.com / git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1
Release Notes
github.com / git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-9w66-8mq8-5vm8
Vendor Advisory
github.com / msys2/MINGW-packages/pull/10461
Issue TrackingPatch
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00018.html
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
pubs.opengroup.org / onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/printf.html
Product
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202312-15
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2023/04/25/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory