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CVE-2023-29007

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-29007 is a critical vulnerability in Git, affecting versions prior to 2.40.1 and impacting products like Fedora and git-scm. It allows for remote code execution through arbitrary configuration injection when processing a specially crafted .gitmodules file with overly long submodule URLs. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention with 4 mentions and 1 media article, suggesting awareness among security researchers.

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

7.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0608 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 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 0.0 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-2023-29007Important

GitHub: CVE-2023-29007 Arbitrary configuration injection via `git submodule deinit`

Jun 13, 2023
redhatCVE-2023-29007Important

git: arbitrary configuration injection when renaming or deleting a section from a configuration file

Apr 25, 2023

References

lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00009.html
github.com / git/git/blob/9ce9dea4e1c2419cca126d29fa7730baa078a11b/Documentation/RelNotes/2.30.9.txt
Vendor Advisory
github.com / git/git/commit/528290f8c61222433a8cf02fb7cfffa8438432b4
Patch
github.com / git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-v48j-4xgg-4844
Vendor Advisory
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
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/[email protected]/message/YFZWGQKB6MM5MNF2DLFTD7KS2KWPICKL
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202312-15
Third Party Advisory