Git for Windows: git-credential-wincred Erase Path Heap Overflow
CVSS score
4.4
EPSS probability
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Risk score
0.4
Published
2 h ago
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Short explanation
In Git for Windows, the git-credential-wincred helper interacting with Windows Credential Manager is vulnerable to a heap overflow and memory corruption due to a buffer sizing error during erase operations containing a password field.
This vulnerability can cause credential erase operations to appear successful while the credential remains stored, and allows local attackers to compromise memory integrity.
What should be done?
- Follow vendor advisories to apply necessary updates.
- Check version information in available sources.
- Keep affected Git for Windows packages updated.
The sources give limited detail on some technical conditions. Review the chain of evidence below before deciding how to act.
Chain of evidence and sources
Git for Windows 2.43.0.windows.1 ile 2.55.0.windows.3 sürümleri arasındaki git-credential-wincred aracı yığın taşmasına açıktır.
Hata, wcsncpy_s() çağrısında hedef kapasitenin bayt cinsinden sağlanmasından kaynaklanır.
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Git for Windows is the Windows port of Git. From 2.43.0.windows.1 until 2.55.0.windows.3, when a matching git:* credential exists in Windows Credential Manager and a git-credential-wincred erase input includes a password field, the operation in contrib/credential/wincred/git-credential-wincred.c allocates a buffer of exactly CredentialBlobSize bytes in match_cred_password() and then uses wcsncpy_s() to copy the corresponding number of wide characters plus a terminating NUL. The destination capacity is also supplied in bytes instead of WCHAR elements, allowing a fixed two-byte NUL write past the allocation before the password comparison determines whether CredDeleteW() should remove the credential; erase without a password field does not enter this comparison path. The helper can terminate with Windows heap-corruption status, and git credential reject can appear successful while the rejected credential remains stored. This issue is fixed in version 2.55.0.windows.3.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CWE: CWE-787
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IMPACT: Affected Products and Software
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-100408 vulnerability. Where our threat engine knows the exact affected versions, they are listed below.
| ID | VENDOR | PRODUCT | ACTION |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | git-for-windows | git | View |
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| SCORE | VERSION | SEVERITY | VECTOR | SOURCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.4 | CVSS V3_1 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L | CVE CNA |
| 4.4 | CVSS V31 | MEDIUM | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L | NVD |
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