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Critical RHSA-2020:1513 1 CVE

Red Hat Security Advisory: git security update

Published Sep 13, 2024 · Updated Jun 29, 2026

Ecosystem: Red Hat

Fixed packages 19

ReleasePackageFixed in
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-all 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-core 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-core-debuginfo 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-core-doc 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-daemon 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-daemon-debuginfo 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-debuginfo 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-debugsource 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-email 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-gui 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-instaweb 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-subtree 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-svn 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream git-svn-debuginfo 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream gitk 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream gitweb 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream perl-Git 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1
Red Hat · RHEL 8 enterprise_linux:8::appstream perl-Git-SVN 0:2.18.2-2.el8_1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Critical 9.3
    CVE-2020-5260 Public exploit EPSS 15%

    malicious URLs may cause Git to present stored credentials to the wrong server

    Affected versions of Git have a vulnerability whereby Git can be tricked into sending private credentials to a host controlled by an attacker. Git uses external "credential helper" programs to store and retrieve passwords or other credentials from secure stor…

    git git git git Debian Ubuntu Alpine

References

  • article
    https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
  • report
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1822020
  • advisory
    https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/advisories/2020/rhsa-2020_1513.json
  • report
    https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-5260
  • advisory
    https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-5260
  • advisory
    https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-5260
  • article
    https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-qm7j-c969-7j4q
  • article
    https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqy2qy7xn8.fsf@gitster.c.googlers.com/