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Medium · 4.4 CVE-2026-100408 EUVD-2026-116937

Git for Windows: git-credential-wincred Erase Path Heap Overflow

Published Nov 4, 2026 · Updated Nov 9, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Description

Git for Windows is the Windows port of Git. From 2.43.0.windows.1 until 2.55.0.windows.3, when a matching git:* credential exists in Windows Credential Manager and a git-credential-wincred erase input includes a password field, the operation in contrib/credential/wincred/git-credential-wincred.c allocates a buffer of exactly CredentialBlobSize bytes in match_cred_password() and then uses wcsncpy_s() to copy the corresponding number of wide characters plus a terminating NUL. The destination capacity is also supplied in bytes instead of WCHAR elements, allowing a fixed two-byte NUL write past the allocation before the password comparison determines whether CredDeleteW() should remove the credential; erase without a password field does not enter this comparison path. The helper can terminate with Windows heap-corruption status, and git credential reject can appear successful while the rejected credential remains stored. This issue is fixed in version 2.55.0.windows.3.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
git-for-windows git >= 2.43.0.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.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 git No fix yet —

Advisories 1

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