CVE-2023-25652"git apply --reject" partially-controlled arbitrary file write
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 51.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Git is a revision control system. Prior to versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1, by feeding specially crafted input to `git apply --reject`, a path outside the working tree can be overwritten with partially controlled contents (corresponding to the rejected hunk(s) from the given patch). A fix is available in versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1. As a workaround, avoid using `git apply` with `--reject` when applying patches from an untrusted source. Use `git apply --stat` to inspect a patch before applying; avoid applying one that create a conflict where a link corresponding to the `*.rej` file exists.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub_MCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 51.9% · top 1.0% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
- affected < 2.30.9
- affected >= 2.31.0, < 2.31.8
- affected >= 2.32.0, < 2.32.7
- affected >= 2.33.0, < 2.33.8
- affected >= 2.34.0, < 2.34.8
- affected >= 2.35.0, < 2.35.8
- affected >= 2.36.0, < 2.36.6
- affected >= 2.37.0, < 2.37.7
- affected >= 2.38.0, < 2.38.5
- affected >= 2.39.0, < 2.39.3
- affected >= 2.40.0, < 2.40.1
References
References11
- https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-2hvf-7c8p-28fx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/git/git/commit/18e2b1cfc80990719275d7b08e6e50f3e8cbc902 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://github.com/git/git/commit/668f2d53613ac8fd373926ebe219f2c29112d93e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/25/2 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/PI7FZ4NNR5S5J5K6AMVQBH2JFP6NE4L7/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YFZWGQKB6MM5MNF2DLFTD7KS2KWPICKL/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/RKOXOAZ42HLXHXTW6JZI4L5DAIYDTYCU/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/BSXOGVVBJLYX26IAYX6PJSYQB36BREWH/ (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-15 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00018.html (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00009.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2023-29591 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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