Git before 1.8.5.6, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x before 2.2.1 on Windows and OS X; Mercurial before 3.2.3 on Windows and OS X; Apple Xcode before 6.2 beta 3; mine all versions before 08-12-2014; libgit2 all versions up to 0.21.2; Egit all versions before 08-12-2014; and JGit all versions before 08-12-2014 allow remote Git servers to execute arbitrary commands via a tree containing a crafted .git/config file with (1) an ignorable Unicode codepoint, (2) a git~1/config representation, or (3) mixed case that is improperly handled on a case-insensitive filesystem.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | — | Upgrade mercurialUpgrade dulwichUpgrade libgit2Upgrade jgitUpgrade git | Jul 30, 2024 | Feb 12, 2020 |
| Freebsd | — | Upgrade git | Dec 10, 2025 | Dec 19, 2014 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-vcs/mercurial.Upgrade dev-vcs/git. | Oct 30, 2017 | Sep 24, 2015 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade developer/versioning/mercurial-26 to version 3.2.3-0.175.2.10.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.2Upgrade developer/versioning/mercurial to version 3.2.3-0.175.2.10.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.2Upgrade developer/versioning/mercurial-27 to version 3.2.3-0.175.2.10.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.2 | May 29, 2017 | May 29, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade git-emailUpgrade git-guiUpgrade git-daemonUpgrade gitkUpgrade git-docUpgrade git-coreUpgrade gitUpgrade git-webUpgrade git-cvsUpgrade git-svnUpgrade git-arch | Dec 18, 2015 | Jan 13, 2015 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade git | Nov 8, 2024 | Feb 12, 2020 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Aug 25, 2025 | Feb 12, 2020 |
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