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1 vulnerability by git-annex
CVE-2014-6274 (GCVE-0-2014-6274)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-26 20:59 – Updated: 2025-06-27 18:41
VLAI?
Summary
git-annex had a bug in the S3 and Glacier remotes where if embedcreds=yes
was set, and the remote used encryption=pubkey or encryption=hybrid,
the embedded AWS credentials were stored in the git repository
in (effectively) plaintext, not encrypted as they were supposed to be. This issue affects git-annex: from 3.20121126 before 5.20140919.
Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CWE
- CWE-311 - Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
Assigner
References
Impacted products
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