HighFix available
git — security advisory
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.
- Products
- git
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.32.6-r0, 2.34.7-r0, 2.36.5-r0, 2.38.4-r0, 2.39.2-r0
- CVEs
- CVE-2023-23946
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 14:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
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.
osv:ALPINE-CVE-2023-23946
git
Fixed versions: 2.32.6-r0
git
Fixed versions: 2.34.7-r0
git
Fixed versions: 2.36.5-r0
git
Fixed versions: 2.38.4-r0
git
Fixed versions: 2.39.2-r0
git
Fixed versions: 2.39.2-r0
git
Fixed versions: 2.39.2-r0
git
Fixed versions: 2.39.2-r0
git
Fixed versions: 2.39.2-r0
git
Fixed versions: 2.39.2-r0
git
Fixed versions: 2.39.2-r0
Complete source record
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