CVE-2023-29012 Information

Description

Git for Windows is the Windows port of Git. Prior to version 2.40.1 any user of Git CMD who starts the command in an untrusted directory is impacted by an Uncontrolles Search Path Element vulnerability. Maliciously-placed doskey.exe would be executed silently upon running Git CMD. The problem has been patched in Git for Windows v2.40.1. As a workaround avoid using Git CMD or if using Git CMD avoid starting it in an untrusted directory.

Reference

https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1 https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-gq5x-v87v-8f7g