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🛡️ CVE-2023-22743

🟠 CVSS 7.2 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-426 NVD

7.2

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Git for Windows is the Windows port of the revision control system Git. Prior to Git for Windows version 2.39.2, by carefully crafting DLL and putting into a subdirectory of a specific name living next to the Git for Windows installer, Windows can be tricked into side-loading said DLL. This potentially allows users with local write access to place malicious payloads in a location where automated upgrades might run the Git for Windows installer with elevation. Version 2.39.2 contains a patch for this issue. Some workarounds are available. Never leave untrusted files in the Downloads folder or its sub-folders before executing the Git for Windows installer, or move the installer into a different directory before executing it.

Details

Severity HIGH

CVSS Score 7.2

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE CWE-426

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source NVD

Published 2023-02-14

Updated 2026-06-08

Modified 2024-11-21

Fix URL https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/cookbook-overview?redirectedfrom=MSDN#using-comctl32dll-version-6-in-an-application-that-uses-only-standard-extensions

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
git-for-windows	—	2.39.2

References

Technical Description https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/002/

Release Notes https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.39.2.windows.1

Vendor Advisory https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-gf48-x3vr-j5c3

Vendor Advisory https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-p2x9-prp4-8gvq

Patch, Technical Description, Vendor Advisory https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/cookbook-overview?redirectedfrom=MSDN#using-comctl32dll-version-6-in-an-application-that-uses-only-standard-extensions

Patch, Technical Description, Vendor Advisory https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sbscs/about-side-by-side-assemblies-

Technical Description https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/002/

Release Notes https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.39.2.windows.1

Vendor Advisory https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-gf48-x3vr-j5c3

Vendor Advisory https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-p2x9-prp4-8gvq

Patch, Technical Description, Vendor Advisory https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sbscs/about-side-by-side-assemblies-

🔗 NVD 🔗 Mitre ✅ Fix / Advisory

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