CVE-2023-23946 Information

Description

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.

Reference

https://github.com/git/git/commit/c867e4fa180bec4750e9b54eb10f459030dbebfd https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-r87m-v37r-cwfh