Git
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First CVE: Jan 20, 2009 · Active for 17 years
41
Total CVEs
More Total CVEs than 97% of tracked products
3.2
Avg CVEs / Year
Higher CVE frequency than 81% of tracked products
7.6
Avg CVSS
Higher Avg CVSS than 60% of tracked products
2.4%
KEV Rate
Higher KEV Rate than 96% of tracked products
Trends Over Time
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact Git over time
Volume of CVEsAvg CVSS Base Score
First CVE
Jan 20, 2009
17 years ago
Most Recent CVE
Jul 8, 2025
381 days ago
CVE Severity & Scoring
Git41 CVEs
15%
61%
20%
All CVEs352,231 CVEs
45%
40%
11%
LowMediumHighCritical
Attack Vector
Local14 (34.1%)
Network23 (56.1%)
Unknown4 (9.8%)
Physical0 (0.0%)
Adjacent Network0 (0.0%)
Attack Complexity
Low34 (82.9%)
High3 (7.3%)
Unknown4 (9.8%)
User Interaction
None19 (46.3%)
Unknown4 (9.8%)
Required18 (43.9%)
Privileges Required
Low5 (12.2%)
High0 (0.0%)
None32 (78.0%)
Unknown4 (9.8%)
Top CVEs
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (41 CVEs).
41 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2018-17456CRITICAL Git before 2.14.5, 2.15.x before 2.15.3, 2.16.x before 2.16.5, 2.17.x before 2.17.2, 2.18.x before 2.18.1, and 2.19.x before 2.19.1 allows remote code execution during processing o | Oct 6, 2018 | 9.8 | 91 | NO | YES |
CVE-2017-1000117HIGH A malicious third-party can give a crafted "ssh://..." URL to an unsuspecting victim, and an attempt to visit the URL can result in any program that exists on the victim's machine | Oct 5, 2017 | 8.8 | 85 | NO | YES |
CVE-2021-21300HIGH Git is an open-source distributed revision control system. In affected versions of Git a specially crafted repository that contains symbolic links as well as files using a clean/sm | Mar 9, 2021 | 7.5 | 82 | NO | YES |
CVE-2014-9390CRITICAL Git before 1.8.5.6, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 on Windows and OS X; Mercurial before 3.2.3 on Windows and OS X; Apple Xcode | Feb 12, 2020 | 9.8 | 76 | NO | YES |
CVE-2025-48384HIGH Git is a fast, scalable, distributed revision control system with an unusually rich command set that provides both high-level operations and full access to internals. When reading | Jul 8, 2025 | 8.0 | 66 | YES | NO |
CVE-2022-23521CRITICAL Git is distributed revision control system. gitattributes are a mechanism to allow defining attributes for paths. These attributes can be defined by adding a `.gitattributes` file | Jan 17, 2023 | 9.8 | 64 | NO | NO |
CVE-2022-41903CRITICAL Git is distributed revision control system. `git log` can display commits in an arbitrary format using its `--format` specifiers. This functionality is also exposed to `git archive | Jan 17, 2023 | 9.8 | 57 | NO | NO |
CVE-2018-11235HIGH In Git before 2.13.7, 2.14.x before 2.14.4, 2.15.x before 2.15.2, 2.16.x before 2.16.4, and 2.17.x before 2.17.1, remote code execution can occur. With a crafted .gitmodules file, | May 30, 2018 | 7.8 | 53 | NO | NO |
CVE-2023-25652HIGH Git is a revision control system. Prior to versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1, by feeding specially crafted input t | Apr 25, 2023 | 7.5 | 52 | NO | NO |
CVE-2017-14867HIGH Git before 2.10.5, 2.11.x before 2.11.4, 2.12.x before 2.12.5, 2.13.x before 2.13.6, and 2.14.x before 2.14.2 uses unsafe Perl scripts to support subcommands such as cvsserver, whi | Sep 29, 2017 | 8.8 | 46 | NO | NO |
Exploit Exposure
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (41 CVEs).
CISA KEV
1 CVE
2.4% of CVEs· 96th percentile
Metasploit
4 CVEs
9.8% of CVEs· 97th percentile
Nuclei
0 CVEs
0.0% of CVEs· Bottom 1%
ExploitDB
3 CVEs
7.3% of CVEs· 88th percentile
Social Chatter
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (41 CVEs).
Media Mentions
Signals from CVEs in this product scope (41 CVEs).
Top CNAs Publishing CVEs For Git
Top CWEs
Versions
| Version | CVE Count | Avg CVSS | Avg EPSS | KEV | Exploits |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.9.4 | 1 | 8.8 | 77.8% | 0 | 1 |
| 2.9.3 | 1 | 8.8 | 77.8% | 0 | 1 |
| 2.9.2 | 1 | 8.8 | 77.8% | 0 | 1 |
| 2.9.1 | 1 | 8.8 | 77.8% | 0 | 1 |
| 2.9.0 | 1 | 8.8 | 77.8% | 0 | 1 |
| 2.8.5 | 1 | 8.8 | 77.8% | 0 | 1 |
| 2.8.4 | 1 | 8.8 | 77.8% | 0 | 1 |
| 2.8.3 | 1 | 8.8 | 77.8% | 0 | 1 |
| 2.8.2 | 1 | 8.8 | 77.8% | 0 | 1 |
| 2.8.1 | 1 | 8.8 | 77.8% | 0 | 1 |
| 2.8.0 | 1 | 8.8 | 77.8% | 0 | 1 |
| 2.7.3 | 1 | 9.8 | 18.0% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.45.0 | 4 | 6.5 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.44.0 | 4 | 6.5 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.41.0 | 4 | 6.5 | 0.9% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.40.0 | 2 | 7.7 | 29.0% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.39.0 | 2 | 9.8 | 50.3% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.38.0 | 2 | 7.2 | 2.1% | 0 | 0 |
| 2.28.0 | 1 | 7.5 | 88.6% | 0 | 1 |
| 2.27.0 | 1 | 7.5 | 88.6% | 0 | 1 |