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Critical USN-6793-2 1 CVE

git vulnerability

Published Jun 18, 2024 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

USN-6793-1 fixed vulnerabilities in Git. The CVE-2024-32002 was pending further
investigation. This update fixes the problem.

Original advisory details:

It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain submodules.
An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute arbitrary code.
This issue was fixed in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu 23.10 and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS.
(CVE-2024-32002)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS git 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.13

Vulnerabilities 1

  • Critical 9.1
    CVE-2024-32002 Public exploit EPSS 29%

    Git's recursive clones on case-insensitive filesystems that support symlinks are susceptible to Remote Code Execution

    Git is a revision control system. Prior to versions 2.45.1, 2.44.1, 2.43.4, 2.42.2, 2.41.1, 2.40.2, and 2.39.4, repositories with submodules can be crafted in a way that exploits a bug in Git whereby it can be fooled into writing files not into the submodule'…

    git git git git Debian Ubuntu Azure Linux Alpine Wolfi

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-32002