CVE-2022-41903

CRITICAL

Git < 2.30.6 - Integer Overflow via Commit Format Padding

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-41903. PoCs published by sondermc.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This repository contains scripts to build Docker images for various Linux distributions with specific Git versions to test for vulnerabilities CVE-2022-41903 and CVE-2022-23521. It includes a script to display the installed Git version but does not contain exploit code.

Description

Git is distributed revision control system. `git log` can display commits in an arbitrary format using its `--format` specifiers. This functionality is also exposed to `git archive` via the `export-subst` gitattribute. When processing the padding operators, there is a integer overflow in `pretty.c::format_and_pad_commit()` where a `size_t` is stored improperly as an `int`, and then added as an offset to a `memcpy()`. This overflow can be triggered directly by a user running a command which invokes the commit formatting machinery (e.g., `git log --format=...`). It may also be triggered indirectly through git archive via the export-subst mechanism, which expands format specifiers inside of files within the repository during a git archive. This integer overflow can result in arbitrary heap writes, which may result in arbitrary code execution. The problem has been patched in the versions published on 2023-01-17, going back to v2.30.7. Users are advised to upgrade. Users who are unable to upgrade should disable `git archive` in untrusted repositories. If you expose git archive via `git daemon`, disable it by running `git config --global daemon.uploadArch false`.

Exploits (1)

nomisec SCANNER
by sondermc · poc
https://github.com/sondermc/git-cveissues

This repository contains scripts to build Docker images for various Linux distributions with specific Git versions to test for vulnerabilities CVE-2022-41903 and CVE-2022-23521. It includes a script to display the installed Git version but does not contain exploit code.

Classification
Scanner 90%
Attack Type
Other
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: Git versions 2.39 and older
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Docker or Podman · input.txt file listing distributions
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.4427
EPSS Percentile 98.6%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable yes
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-190
Status published
Products (2)
git-scm/git 2.39.0
git-scm/git < 2.30.6
Published Jan 17, 2023
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026