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CVE-2019-1387

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2019-1387 is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Git versions prior to 2.24.1 and various earlier releases. This flaw stems from insufficient validation of submodule names during recursive clones, enabling highly targeted attacks. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk due to its network attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has received some community discussion and media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.14.0, < 2.14.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.15.0, < 2.15.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.16.0, < 2.16.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.17.0, < 2.17.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.18.0, < 2.18.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.43%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0443 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.0 - 15.8)
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.0
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microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: rh-git218-git-0:2.18.2-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: git-0:1.8.3.1-21.el7_7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUSFixed in: rh-git218-git-0:2.18.2-1.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: rh-git218-git-0:2.18.2-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: git-0:2.18.2-1.el8_1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.0 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: git-0:2.18.2-1.el8_0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-git218-git-0:2.18.2-1.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

microsoft2019-Dec/CVE-2019-1387Critical

Git for Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Dec 10, 2019
redhatCVE-2019-1387Important

git: Remote code execution in recursive clones with nested submodules

Dec 10, 2019

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00009.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00056.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:4356
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2020:0002
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2020:0124
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2020:0228
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/01/msg00019.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00018.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N6UGTEOXWIYSM5KDZL74QD2GK6YQNQCP
lore.kernel.org / git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/T
public-inbox.org / git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-30
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202003-42