THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2019-1387
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2019-1387

Git vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
4.4%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
An issue was found in Git before v2.24.1, v2.23.1, v2.22.2, v2.21.1, v2.20.2, v2.19.3, v2.18.2, v2.17.3, v2.16.6, v2.15.4, and v2.14.6. Recursive clones are currently affected by a vulnerability that is caused by too-lax validation of submodule names, allowing very targeted attacks via remote code execution in recursive clones.
Affected vendor
Git Scm
Affected product
Git
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2019-12-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-1387

  • Confirm whether Git Scm Git is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-1387.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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