01 Record
CVE-2023-22743
Git for Windows' installer is susceptible to DLL side loading attacks
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.3 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
02 Description
Git for Windows' installer is susceptible to DLL side loading attacks
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-02-14 20:39Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-03-10 21:11Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-01-06
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-426Untrusted Search PathBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 726e466307aaec077b8cacafcd3ce87b01d85446f86d13d47b8e0e2aa32b8529
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-p2x9-prp4-8gvq
- github.comhttps://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-gf48-x3vr-j5c3
- attack.mitre.orghttps://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/002/
- github.comhttps://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.39.2.windows.1
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/cookbook-overview?redirectedfrom=MSDN#using-comctl32dll-version-6-in-an-application-that-uses-only-standard-extensions
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sbscs/about-side-by-side-assemblies-