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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-28955

git-bug before 0.7.2 has an Uncontrolled Search Path Element. It will execute git.bat from the current directory in certain PATH situations (most often seen on Windows).

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CVE-2021-28955
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31 Oct 2026, 09:46 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-28955

core-osv · Original source

Published 22 Mar 2021, 07:15 UTC

git-bug before 0.7.2 has an Uncontrolled Search Path Element. It will execute git.bat from the current directory in certain PATH situations (most often seen on Windows).

osv:CVE-2021-28955
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-28955",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "title": "CVE-2021-28955",
    "summary": "git-bug before 0.7.2 has an Uncontrolled Search Path Element. It will execute git.bat from the current directory in certain PATH situations (most often seen on Windows).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-28955",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2021-28955",
        "GHSA-m898-h4pm-pqfr"
      ],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/git-bug/git-bug",
              "type": "GIT",
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:47:57.296811980Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/MichaelMure/git-bug/security/advisories/GHSA-m898-h4pm-pqfr",
        "https://vuln.ryotak.me/advisories/18"
      ],
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  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 379848,
  "published_at": "2021-03-22T07:15:12.677+00:00"
}