cvelistv5 - cve-2023-23618

cve-2023-23618

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2023-02-14 20:38

Modified

2024-08-02 10:35

Severity ?

8.6 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Summary

gitk can inadvertently call executables in the worktree

References

URL	Tags
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/49a8ec9dac3cec6602f05fed1b3f80a549c8c05c	Patch
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.39.2.windows.1	Release Notes
security-advisories@github.com	https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-wxwv-49qw-35pm	Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.com	https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/exec	Not Applicable

Impacted products

▼	Vendor	Product
	git-for-windows	git

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