CVE-2019-19604

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

Description

Arbitrary command execution is possible in Git before 2.20.2, 2.21.x before 2.21.1, 2.22.x before 2.22.2, 2.23.x before 2.23.1, and 2.24.x before 2.24.1 because a "git submodule update" operation can run commands found in the .gitmodules file of a malicious repository.

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-2019-19604

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

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

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed2.24.1-1
debian debianbookwormfixed1:2.24.0-2
debian debianbullseyefixed1:2.24.0-2
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.