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SCA: security update for github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs (GHSA-cx3w-xqmc-84g5)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432048

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - Git LFS is a command line extension for managing large files with Git. On Windows, if Git LFS operates on
 a malicious repository with a git.bat or git.exe file in the current directory, that program would be
 executed, permitting the attacker to execute arbitrary code. This does not affect Unix systems. This is
 the result of an incomplete fix for CVE-2020-27955. This issue occurs because on Windows, Go includes (and
 prefers) the current directory when the name of a command run does not contain a directory separator.
 Other than avoiding untrusted repositories or using a different operating system, there is no workaround.
 This is fixed in v2.13.2. (CVE-2021-21237)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cx3w-xqmc-84g5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 432048

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-21237

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/15/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-21237