CVE-2019-1387

high
Published — · Modified —
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
VIR risk
8.0

Description

An issue was found in Git before v2.24.1, v2.23.1, v2.22.2, v2.21.1, v2.20.2, v2.19.3, v2.18.2, v2.17.3, v2.16.6, v2.15.4, and v2.14.6. Recursive clones are currently affected by a vulnerability that is caused by too-lax validation of submodule names, allowing very targeted attacks via remote code execution in recursive clones.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
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-2019-1387

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201912-6

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: arch — https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201912-5

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed1:0.28.4-1
debian debianbookwormfixed1:2.24.0-2
debian debianbullseyefixed1:2.30.2-1+deb11u3
debian debianforkyfixed1:2.24.0-2
debian debiansidfixed1:2.24.0-2
debian debiantrixiefixed1:2.24.0-2

References

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