CVE-2014-9938

high

Published 2017-03-20 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

8.8

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

CVSS v2

6.8

VIR risk

8.8

Description

contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh in Git before 1.9.3 does not sanitize branch names in the PS1 variable, allowing a malicious repository to cause code execution.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9938

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/git/git/commit/8976500cbbb13270398d3b3e07a17b8cc7bff43f

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9938.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1:2.0.0~rc2-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1:2.0.0~rc2-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1:2.0.0~rc2-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1:2.0.0~rc2-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1:2.0.0~rc2-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
git-scm	git	`{"endExcluding":"1.9.3"}`	`1.9.3`

References

CWEs

CWE-116

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.