01 Record
CVE-2024-50338
Carriage-return character in remote URL allows malicious repository to leak credentials in Git Credential Manager
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score7.4 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
02 Description
Carriage-return character in remote URL allows malicious repository to leak credentials in Git Credential Manager
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 ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 3.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 87.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.4 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. 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
- 2025-01-14 18:11Z1 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-01-14 18:35Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2024-10-22
- Assigning CNA
- GitHub_M
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 7.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 282f2ace0996763dbc8669b90448f54fd0004c4632c7a49f39f6d7132b4642e6
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager/security/advisories/GHSA-86c2-4x57-wc8g
- git-scm.comhttps://git-scm.com/docs/git-credential#IOFMT
- github.comhttps://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/e476b43b5cb42eb44ce23b1c7b793aa361624cf6/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/IO/StreamReader.cs#L926
- github.comhttps://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager/blob/ae009e11a0fbef804ad9f78816d84a0bc7e052fe/src/shared/Core/StreamExtensions.cs#L138-L141
- github.comhttps://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager/compare/749e287571c78a2b61f926ccce6a707050871ab8...99e2f7f60e7364fe807e7925f361a81f3c47bd1b
- github.comhttps://github.com/git-ecosystem/git-credential-manager/releases/tag/v2.6.1
- github.comhttps://github.com/git/git/blob/6a11438f43469f3815f2f0fc997bd45792ff04c0/credential.c#L311
- learn.microsoft.comhttps://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.io.streamreader?view=net-8.0