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CVE-2019-19604 (GCVE-0-2019-19604)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-12-10 23:33 – Updated: 2024-08-05 02:25
VLAI
Summary
Arbitrary command execution is possible in Git before 2.20.2, 2.21.x before 2.21.1, 2.22.x before 2.22.2, 2.23.x before 2.23.1, and 2.24.x before 2.24.1 because a "git submodule update" operation can run commands found in the .gitmodules file of a malicious repository.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
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