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CVE-2014-9390

A public proof of concept exists; no exploitation attested.

  • Published2020-02-12
  • Fixed in3.2.3
  • WeaknessCWE-20

Am I affected?

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Description

Git before 1.8.5.6, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 on Windows and OS X; Mercurial before 3.2.3 on Windows and OS X; Apple Xcode before 6.2 beta 3; mine all versions before 08-12-2014; libgit2 all versions up to 0.21.2; Egit all versions before 08-12-2014; and JGit all versions before 08-12-2014 allow remote Git servers to execute arbitrary commands via a tree containing a crafted .git/config file with (1) an ignorable Unicode codepoint, (2) a git~1/config representation, or (3) mixed case that is improperly handled on a case-insensitive filesystem.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2020-02-1202:15CVE publishedNVD

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-11-03 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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Versions per branch

NVD · OSV
Mercurialversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.2< 3.2.33.2.3
Git-scm gitversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
2.2≥ 2.2.0, < 2.2.12.2.1
2.1≥ 2.1.0, < 2.1.42.1.4
2.0≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.52.0.5
1.9≥ 1.9.0, < 1.9.51.9.5
1.8< 1.8.5.61.8.5.6
Eclipse jgit
BranchAffectedFixed in
3.5≥ 3.5.0, < 3.5.33.5.3
3.5< 3.5.33.5.3
3.4< 3.4.23.4.2

3 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Distribution builds and vendor advisories

Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.

version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.

Packages

  • cgitMageia:5all versions · fixed in 0.11.2-1.mga5
  • cgitMageia:4all versions · fixed in 0.11.2-1.mga4
  • dulwichDebian:14all versions · fixed in 0.10.1-1
  • dulwichDebian:13all versions · fixed in 0.10.1-1
  • dulwichDebian:12all versions · fixed in 0.10.1-1
  • gitUbuntu:14.04:LTSall versions · fixed in 1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.1
  • gitopenSUSE:Tumbleweedall versions · fixed in 2.11.0-1.1
  • gitMageia:4all versions · fixed in 1.8.5.6-1.mga4

15 more package ranges on OSV.dev

Vendor advisories

  • CVE-2014-9390 Red Hat Product Security

    git: arbitrary command execution vulnerability on case-insensitive file systems

Full record on NVD

Fix

  1. Update Mercurial to 3.2.3

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub
Metasploit modules
1 moduleexploit/multi/http/git_client_command_execrank: excellentModule metadata: Metasploit Framework, © Rapid7, Inc., BSD-3-Clause.
Metasploit Framework

Sources

Identifiers

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2020-02-12
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Modified
GitHub Advisory
GHSA-6vvc-c2m3-cjf3

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9390?

Git before 1.8.5.6, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 on Windows and OS X; Mercurial before 3.2.3 on Windows and OS X; Apple Xcode before 6.2 beta 3; mine all versions before 08-12-2014; libgit2 all versions up to 0.21.2; Egit all versions before 08-12-2014; and JGit all versions before 08-12-2014 allow remote Git servers to execute arbitrary commands via a tree containing a crafted .git/config file with (1) an ignorable Unicode codepoint, (2) a git~1/config representation, or (3) mixed case that is improperly handled on a case-insensitive filesystem.

Is CVE-2014-9390 actively exploited?

Active exploitation of CVE-2014-9390 has not been confirmed. Its EPSS score was 75.6% on 2026-11-03, the estimated probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-9390?

CVE-2014-9390 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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