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

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 450491

Description

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

- Git is a revision control system. Using a specially-crafted repository, Git 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 can be tricked into using its
local clone optimization even when using a non-local transport. Though Git will abort local clones whose
source `$GIT_DIR/objects` directory contains symbolic links, the `objects` directory itself may still be a
symbolic link. These two may be combined to include arbitrary files based on known paths on the victim's
filesystem within the malicious repository's working copy, allowing for data exfiltration in a similar
manner as CVE-2022-39253. 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. If upgrading is impractical, two short-term
workarounds are available. Avoid cloning repositories from untrusted sources with `--recurse-submodules`.
Instead, consider cloning repositories without recursively cloning their submodules, and instead run `git
submodule update` at each layer. Before doing so, inspect each new `.gitmodules` file to ensure that it
does not contain suspicious module URLs. (CVE-2023-22490)

Solution

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 450491

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-22490

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-22490

Detections

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