CVE-2024-45405Public exploit

Code execution via misparsed quoted Git paths

Published Sep 6, 2024 · Updated Sep 6, 2024

Path confusion in gitoxide's gix-path crate before 0.10.11 allows local users to execute code through a misresolved Git configuration path. The installation_config functions trim quotes from nonliteral git config output without reversing escape transformations, so a different valid path can be opened. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access, victim interaction, and uncommon path or Git-configuration conditions; successful injection runs attacker-selected commands.

CVSS severity6.0
Medium
EPSS probability0.26%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
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Summary

What happened

Path confusion in gitoxide's gix-path crate before 0.10.11 allows local users to execute code through a misresolved Git configuration path. The installation_config functions trim quotes from nonliteral git config output without reversing escape transformations, so a different valid path can be opened. Exploitation requires low-privileged local access, victim interaction, and uncommon path or Git-configuration conditions; successful injection runs attacker-selected commands.

The record

CVE
CVE-2024-45405
Published
Sep 6, 2024
Updated
Sep 6, 2024
Vendor
GitoxideLabs
Product
gitoxide
Classifications
CWE-427, CWE-41, T1574
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Sep 6, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Sep 6, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=0 <0.10.11
  2. Affected versionversion=< 0.10.11

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

GitoxideLabs · gitoxideversion=0 <0.10.11; version=< 0.10.11

Published CVSS scores

6.0GitHub, Inc.CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

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Attacks

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitPublished

Weakness, pattern, technique

CWE-427Uncontrolled Search Path Element
CWE-41Improper Resolution of Path Equivalence
T1574Hijack Execution Flow

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