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Google: dev-vcs/git: security update to 18244.1.61

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 450467

Description

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

 - Git, a revision control system, is vulnerable to path traversal prior to versions 2.39.2, 2.38.4, 2.37.6,
 2.36.5, 2.35.7, 2.34.7, 2.33.7, 2.32.6, 2.31.7, and 2.30.8. By feeding a crafted input to `git apply`, a
 path outside the working tree can be overwritten as the user who is running `git apply`. A fix has been
 prepared and will appear in v2.39.2, v2.38.4, v2.37.6, v2.36.5, v2.35.7, v2.34.7, v2.33.7, v2.32.6,
 v2.31.7, and v2.30.8. As a workaround, use `git apply --stat` to inspect a patch before applying; avoid
 applying one that creates a symbolic link and then creates a file beyond the symbolic link.
 (CVE-2023-23946)

Solution

Update the dev-vcs/git library and its related packages to version 18244.1.61 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-113.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 450467

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: HIGH

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-23946

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-23946