CVE-2023-25815
Git looks for localized messages in the wrong place
02 Description
Git looks for localized messages in the wrong place
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.83% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 57.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 2.2 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2023-04-25 19:51Z3 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-11-04 16:09Z11 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2023-02-15
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 3.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 95c5975fcb61d743dce068abedf86608f1dec42d30e7114f89ceff574ef54a18
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-9w66-8mq8-5vm8
- github.comhttps://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/pull/10461
- axcheron.github.iohttps://axcheron.github.io/exploit-101-format-strings/#writing-to-the-stack
- github.comhttps://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1
- pubs.opengroup.orghttps://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/printf.html
- www.openwall.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/04/25/2
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PI7FZ4NNR5S5J5K6AMVQBH2JFP6NE4L7/
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YFZWGQKB6MM5MNF2DLFTD7KS2KWPICKL/
- lists.fedoraproject.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/RKOXOAZ42HLXHXTW6JZI4L5DAIYDTYCU/
- security.gentoo.orghttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202312-15
- lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/06/msg00018.html
- lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/09/msg00009.html
07 Fixed in
AlmaLinux 8
- git Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-all Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-core Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-core-doc Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-credential-libsecret Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-daemon Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-email Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-gui Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-instaweb Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-subtree Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-svn Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- gitk Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- gitweb Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- perl-Git Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- perl-Git-SVN Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
AlmaLinux 9
- git Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-all Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-core Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-core-doc Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-credential-libsecret Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-daemon Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-email Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-gui Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-instaweb Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-subtree Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-svn Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- gitk Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- gitweb Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- perl-Git Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- perl-Git-SVN Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
Source: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 8
- git Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-all Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-core Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-core-doc Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-credential-libsecret Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-daemon Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-email Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-gui Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-instaweb Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-subtree Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- git-svn Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- gitk Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- gitweb Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- perl-Git Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
- perl-Git-SVN Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el8_8
Derived from AlmaLinux 8. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 8 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
CloudLinux 9
- git Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-all Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-core Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-core-doc Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-credential-libsecret Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-daemon Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-email Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-gui Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-instaweb Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-subtree Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- git-svn Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- gitk Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- gitweb Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- perl-Git Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
- perl-Git-SVN Fixed in 2.39.3-1.el9_2
Derived from AlmaLinux 9. Partial coverage: only packages taken from AlmaLinux 9 are listed.
Source: CloudLinux errata, CloudLinux Inc. Derived from: AlmaLinux, AlmaLinux OS. Copyright (c) 2023 AlmaLinux OS. Licensed under MIT License. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 12
- git Fixed in 1:2.39.5-0+deb12u1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- git Fixed in 1:2.40.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- git Fixed in 1:2.40.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- git Fixed in 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.18
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS
- git Fixed in 1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.11
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
- git Fixed in 1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.9
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS
- git Fixed in 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.10+esm8Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.