CVE-2024-45301
MEDIUMmintty 2.3.6-3.7.4 - Unauthenticated NTLM Hash Exposure via Escape Sequence
Title source: llmDescription
Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin, MSYS, and WSL. In versions 2.3.6 through 3.7.4, several escape sequences can cause the mintty process to access a file in a specific path. It is triggered by simply printing them out on bash. An attacker can specify an arbitrary network path, negotiate an ntlm hash out of the victim's machine to an attacker controlled remote host. An attacker can use password cracking tools or NetNTLMv2 hashes to Pass the Hash. Version 3.7.5 fixes the issue.
References (1)
Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/mintty/mintty/security/advisories/GHSA-jf4m-m6rv-p6c5
Scores
CVSS v3
5.3
EPSS
0.0025
EPSS Percentile
15.8%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (1)
mintty/mintty
>= 2.3.6, < 3.7.5
Published
Nov 12, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026