Description
Git for Windows is the Windows port of Git. From 2.44.0.windows.1 until 2.55.0.windows.3, the git-credential-wincred store operation in contrib/credential/wincred/git-credential-wincred.c uses _scwprintf() to size a formatted wide-character credential buffer without space for the terminating NUL when both password and oauth_refresh_token are present. The operation also passes a byte count to _snwprintf_s() where a wide-character count is required, allowing the terminator to be written one WCHAR past the heap allocation before CredWriteW() persists the credential. The resulting fixed two-byte NUL overwrite can terminate the helper with Windows heap-corruption status and can cause git credential approve to report success even though the OAuth credential was not stored. This issue is fixed in version 2.55.0.windows.3.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| git-for-windows | git | >= 2.44.0.windows.1, < 2.55.0.windows.3 | — |
Fixed in Linux distributions
Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.
Ubuntu
Security tracker ↗| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 26.10 | git | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 26.04 LTS | git | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 24.04 LTS | git | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu 22.04 LTS | git | No fix yet | — |
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)Fewer releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS | git | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS | git | No fix yet | — |
| Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS | git | No fix yet | — |
Azure Linux
| Release | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Azure Linux 3 | git | No fix yet | — |
Advisories 1
- WID-SEC-2026-3611 git für Windows: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Manipulation von Dateien und DoS BSI CERT-Bund (WID) · Nov 10, 2026