CVE-2020-5260

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

9.96% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 95.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2020-04-14 22:50Z6 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-04 08:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2020-01-02

Assigning CNA

GitHub_M

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.3)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
• CWE-522Insufficiently Protected CredentialsClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ec6460dd02f9327c4759455208f42bb921e15f928823fc55b9af23f04d2c42c5

• github.comhttps://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-qm7j-c969-7j4qx_refsource_CONFIRM
• github.comhttps://github.com/git/git/commit/9a6bbee8006c24b46a85d29e7b38cfa79e9ab21bx_refsource_MISC
• lore.kernel.orghttps://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqqy2qy7xn8.fsf%40gitster.c.googlers.com/x_refsource_MISC
• www.debian.orgDSA-4657https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4657vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20200415 [SECURITY] [DLA 2177-1] git security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00010.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200415 CVE-2020-5260: Git: malicious URLs may cause Git to present stored credentials to the wrong serverhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/15/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/157250/Git-Credential-Helper-Protocol-Newline-Injection.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200415 Re: CVE-2020-5260: Git: malicious URLs may cause Git to present stored credentials to the wrong serverhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/15/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0524http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00027.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
• support.apple.comhttps://support.apple.com/kb/HT211141x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-cdef88bb89https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XPCEOIFLLEF24L6GLVJVFZX4CREDEHDF/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20200420 CVE-2020-11008: Git: Malicious URLs can still cause Git to send a stored credential to the wrong serverhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/20/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202004-13https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202004-13vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-c6548b488fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7TVS5UG6JD3MYIGSBKMIOS6AF7CR5IPI/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-f6b3b6fb18https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PN3FUOXKX3AXTULYV53ACABER2W2FSOU/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-b2a2c830cfhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MOCTR2SEHCPSCOVUQJAGFPGKFMI2VE6V/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4329-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4329-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2020-4e093619bbhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/74Q7WVJ6FKLIN62VS2JD2XCNWK5TNKOW/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2020:0598http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE