Security advisory

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  "id": "3546f4baab71b14479c2f79d83913ea319c0a36e44c2f648ce9dee8f9cc17365",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9274",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-9274",
    "summary": "Untrusted search path vulnerability in Git 1.x for Windows allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse git.exe file in the current working directory. NOTE: 2.x is unaffected.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-9274",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-9274",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-9274"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/git-for-windows/git",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "8d712aafd2df3c1f5147a28947f98cefe667cf76"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "34d5217584ee4722d0c0b07ed6c8f1f01ad157c3"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:git_for_windows_project:git_for_windows:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "1.0.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.9.4"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-9274.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:48:47.454228152Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/issues/944",
        "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7jOLv0sul0"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-9274",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380344,
  "published_at": "2016-11-11T17:59:00.183+00:00"
}