Skip to content
OpenAdvisories
Unscored USN-5076-1 1 CVE

git vulnerability

Published Sep 13, 2021 · Updated Jun 25, 2026

Summary

It was discovered that Git allowed newline characters in
certain repository paths. An attacker could potentially use this issue to perform
cross-protocol requests.

Fixed packages 3

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS git 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.9
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS git 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.2
Ubuntu · Pro 16.04 LTS Pro:16.04:LTS git 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm1

Vulnerabilities 1

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-40330