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FKIE_CVE-2023-29011

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-04-25 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:49
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
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 when certain ports are blocked for outgoing connections. The location of `connect.exe`'s config file is hard-coded as `/etc/connectrc` which will typically be interpreted as `C:\etc\connectrc`. Since `C:\etc` can be created by any authenticated user, this makes `connect.exe` susceptible to malicious files being placed there by other users on the same multi-user machine. The problem has been patched in Git for Windows v2.40.1. As a workaround, create the folder `etc` on all drives where Git commands are run, and remove read/write access from those folders. Alternatively, watch out for malicious `<drive>:\etc\connectrc` files on multi-user machines.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1Release Notes
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-g4fv-xjqw-q7jmVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1Release Notes
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-g4fv-xjqw-q7jmVendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
git_for_windows_project git_for_windows *
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