CVE-2020-12279

CRITICAL

libgit2 < 0.28.4 and 0.9x < 0.99.0 - Remote Code Execution via NTFS Short Name Mishandling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x before 0.99.0. checkout.c mishandles equivalent filenames that exist because of NTFS short names. This may allow remote code execution when cloning a repository. This issue is similar to CVE-2019-1353.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0509
EPSS Percentile 91.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-706
Status published
Products (2)
debian/debian_linux 9.0
libgit2/libgit2 < 0.28.4
Published Apr 27, 2020
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026