CVE-2023-29012

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    CVE-2023-29012

    Published: 25 Apr 2023Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Git CMD erroneously executes `doskey.exe` in the current directory, if it exists

    Details: Git for Windows is the Windows port of Git. Prior to version 2.40.1, any user of Git CMD who starts the command in an untrusted directory is impacted by an Uncontrolles Search Path Element vulnerability. Maliciously-placed `doskey.exe` would be executed silently upon running Git CMD. The problem has been patched in Git for Windows v2.40.1. As a workaround, avoid using Git CMD or, if using Git CMD, avoid starting it in an untrusted directory.

    References: https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/29xxx/CVE-2023-29012.json, https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-gq5x-v87v-8f7g, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29012

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -ceee26d5cac05a3437097b43d034c4ad2e99d571

    Affected versions

    v2.30.0-rc2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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