Git For Windows is a Windows-native distribution of the Git version-control system that bridges the Unix-oriented Git toolchain to Windows environments, making it widely embedded in development workflows across enterprise and open-source projects. Its vulnerability profile concentrates on path-handling and search-path weaknesses—uncontrolled search paths, untrusted path elements, directory traversal, and format-string issues—that reflect the inherent friction between Windows path semantics and Git's Unix heritage, and that can permit local privilege escalation or code execution when the tool operates in shared or less-trusted contexts. Current severity, exploitation activity, and CVE counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Git For Windows Project over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (7 CVEs).
7 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2023-29012HIGH Git for Windows is the Windows port of Git. Prior to version 2.40.1, any user of Git CMD who starts the command in an untrusted directory is impacted by an Uncontrolles Search Path | Apr 25, 2023 | 7.8 | 24 | NO | NO |
CVE-2023-29011HIGH Git for Windows, the Windows port of Git, ships with an executable called `connect.exe`, which implements a SOCKS5 proxy that can be used to connect e.g. to SSH servers via proxies | Apr 25, 2023 | 7.8 | 24 | NO | NO |
CVE-2023-23618HIGH Git for Windows is the Windows port of the revision control system Git. Prior to Git for Windows version 2.39.2, when `gitk` is run on Windows, it potentially runs executables from | Feb 14, 2023 | 7.8 | 24 | NO | NO |
CVE-2023-22743HIGH Git for Windows is the Windows port of the revision control system Git. Prior to Git for Windows version 2.39.2, by carefully crafting DLL and putting into a subdirectory of a spec | Feb 14, 2023 | 7.3 | 23 | NO | NO |
CVE-2022-24767HIGH GitHub: Git for Windows' uninstaller vulnerable to DLL hijacking when run under the SYSTEM user account. | Apr 12, 2022 | 7.8 | 20 | NO | NO |
CVE-2016-9274HIGH Untrusted search path vulnerability in Git 1.x for Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse git.exe file in the current working directory. NOTE: 2.x is unaf | Nov 11, 2016 | 7.8 | 20 | NO | NO |
In Git for Windows, the Windows port of Git, no localized messages are shipped with the installer. As a consequence, Git is expected not to localize messages at all, and skips the | Apr 25, 2023 | 2.2 | 15 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (7 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Git For Windows Project.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Git For Windows Project — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.