CVE-2014-9938

high

Published 2017-03-20 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

8.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.8

Description

contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh in Git before 1.9.3 does not sanitize branch names in the PS1 variable, allowing a malicious repository to cause code execution.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1:2.0.0~rc2-1`
sid	Fixed	`1:2.0.0~rc2-1`
forky	Fixed	`1:2.0.0~rc2-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1:2.0.0~rc2-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1:2.0.0~rc2-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
git-scm	git	`{"endExcluding":"1.9.3"}`	`1.9.3`

References

CWEs

CWE-116

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.