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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.