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.
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade libgit2Upgrade gitUpgrade libgit2-1.1Upgrade libgit2-1.0 | Aug 22, 2024 | Dec 18, 2019 |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | — | Upgrade git-guiUpgrade git-subtreeUpgrade git-emailUpgrade perl-GitUpgrade perl-Git-SVNUpgrade git-instawebUpgrade git-svnUpgrade git-daemonUpgrade git-coreUpgrade git-cvsUpgrade gitUpgrade git-allUpgrade git-debuginfoUpgrade gitwebUpgrade git-p4Upgrade git-core-docUpgrade gitk | Apr 27, 2020 | Dec 18, 2019 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade git | Dec 12, 2019 | Dec 9, 2019 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Dec 18, 2019 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade git-emailUpgrade git-gnome-keyringUpgrade git-p4Upgrade git-subtreeUpgrade gitUpgrade git-debuginfoUpgrade git-cvsUpgrade emacs-git-elUpgrade git-hgUpgrade perl-Git-SVNUpgrade git-daemon-debuginfoUpgrade git-bzrUpgrade emacs-gitUpgrade git-guiUpgrade gitwebUpgrade perl-GitUpgrade gitkUpgrade git-allUpgrade git-coreUpgrade git-svnUpgrade git-core-docUpgrade git-svn-debuginfoUpgrade git-debugsourceUpgrade git-daemonUpgrade git-core-debuginfoUpgrade git-instaweb | Dec 23, 2019 | Dec 18, 2019 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade git | Dec 12, 2019 | Dec 12, 2019 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-libs/libgit2.Upgrade dev-vcs/git. | Mar 16, 2020 | Dec 18, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp3 | — | Upgrade git | Apr 16, 2020 | Dec 18, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp5 | — | Upgrade gitUpgrade git-core-docUpgrade git-core | Feb 24, 2020 | Dec 18, 2019 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | — | Upgrade gitUpgrade git-coreUpgrade git-core-doc | Feb 26, 2020 | Dec 18, 2019 |
| Microsoft Visual_studio | — | Update Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 to the latest version in the LTSC 15.0 version stream, or upgrade to a newer supported version of Visual Studio 2017.Update Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 to the latest version in the LTSC 15.9 version stream, or upgrade to a newer supported version of Visual Studio 2017.Update Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 to the latest version in the LTSC 16.0 version stream, or upgrade to a newer supported version of Visual Studio 2019.Update Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 to the latest version in the LTSC 16.4 version stream, or upgrade to a newer supported version of Visual Studio 2019. | Jun 25, 2025 | Dec 10, 2019 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade developer/versioning/git to version 2.19.3-11.4.19.0.1.1.0 on Solaris 11.4 | Jan 19, 2021 | Dec 18, 2019 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade git-allUpgrade git-instawebUpgrade gitwebUpgrade perl-GitUpgrade git-bzrUpgrade git-svnUpgrade git-cvsUpgrade git-daemonUpgrade git-core-docUpgrade git-gnome-keyringUpgrade git-guiUpgrade gitUpgrade gitkUpgrade emacs-gitUpgrade git-p4Upgrade perl-Git-SVNUpgrade git-coreUpgrade git-hgUpgrade emacs-git-elUpgrade git-emailUpgrade git-subtree | Oct 5, 2022 | Dec 10, 2019 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade gitwebUpgrade git-emailUpgrade git-subtreeUpgrade git-debugsourceUpgrade git-svn-debuginfoUpgrade git-core-debuginfoUpgrade git-daemon-debuginfoUpgrade gitkUpgrade emacs-gitUpgrade gitUpgrade git-cvsUpgrade git-debuginfoUpgrade git-core-docUpgrade git-hgUpgrade perl-Git-SVNUpgrade emacs-git-elUpgrade git-p4Upgrade git-instawebUpgrade git-daemonUpgrade git-svnUpgrade git-bzrUpgrade git-allUpgrade perl-GitUpgrade git-gnome-keyringUpgrade git-guiUpgrade git-core | Dec 20, 2019 | Dec 18, 2019 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade libgit2-28Upgrade git-p4Upgrade git-guiUpgrade perl-Authen-SASLUpgrade libgit2-develUpgrade git-svnUpgrade git-credential-gnome-keyringUpgrade git-emailUpgrade git-daemonUpgrade git-credential-libsecretUpgrade git-coreUpgrade perl-Net-SMTP-SSLUpgrade git-docUpgrade gitUpgrade git-cvsUpgrade gitkUpgrade git-archUpgrade git-web | Dec 17, 2019 | Dec 10, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade git | Dec 11, 2019 | Dec 10, 2019 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Aug 25, 2025 | Dec 18, 2019 |
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