CVE-2026-32631Git for Windows: `git clone` from manipulated repositories can leak NTLM hashes to arbitrary servers
- 7.4HighCVSS base score
- 0.32%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 74% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Git for Windows is the Windows port of Git. Versions prior to 2.53.0.windows.3 do not have protections that prevent attackers from obtaining a user's NTLM hash. The NTLM hash can be obtained by tricking users into cloning a malicious repository, or checking out a malicious branch, that accesses an attacker-controlled server. By default, NTLM authentication does not need any user interaction. By brute-forcing the NTLMv2 hash (which is expensive, but possible), credentials can be extracted. This issue has been fixed in version 2.53.0.windows.3.
Timeline
ID reserved
By GitHub_M
- 34 days later
· 34 days later
Published
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 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 3.1 | High7.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.32% · top 74% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.4.
Affected products
- affected < 2.53.0.windows.3
References
References5
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-9j5h-h4m7-85hx (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.53.0.windows.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-au/windows/whats-new/deprecated-features#:~:text=NTLM (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/upcoming-changes-to-ntlmv1-in-windows-11-version-24h2-and-windows-server-2025-c0554217-cdbc-420f-b47c-e02b2db49b2e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
- https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/windows-itpro-blog/the-evolution-of-windows-authentication/3926848 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISC
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-2026-22991 (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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