CVE-2024-52006 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Git, specifically how certain credential helpers in .NET and Node.js ecosystems interpret Carriage Return characters as newlines, rendering previous protections incomplete. This allows for potential credential exposure during Git operations. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) and can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, leading to high confidentiality impact. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness. Users are advised to upgrade to patched Git versions or avoid cloning from untrusted URLs.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.40.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:git:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.41.0, < 2.41.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:git:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.42.0, < 2.42.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:git:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.43.0, < 2.43.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:git:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.44.3, < 2.44.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:git:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 4.0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.