CVE-2023-29011

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 32 %ileDEEURUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.38% (32nd) EPSS
CVSS 7.8 · high
Is it mine?
44 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Git for Windows, the Windows port of Git, ships with an executable called `connect.exe`, which implements a SOCKS5 proxy that can be used to connect e.g. to SSH servers via proxies when certain ports are blocked for outgoing connections. The location of `connect.exe`'s config file is hard-coded as `/etc/connectrc` which will typically be interpreted as `C:\etc\connectrc`. Since `C:\etc` can be created by any authenticated user, this makes `connect.exe` susceptible to malicious files being placed there by other users on the same multi-user machine. The problem has been patched in Git for Windows v2.40.1. As a workaround, create the folder `etc` on all drives where Git commands are run, and remove read/write access from those folders. Alternatively, watch out for malicious `<drive>:\etc\connectrc` files on multi-user machines.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9
v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU
v3.17.6highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 0.8 · impact 6
v3.17.1highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-427USCWE-427US
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affected products (44)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (2)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-1072git: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-04-25csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in git ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen, Daten zu manipulieren und seine Privilegien zu erweitern.

  • WID-SEC-W-2023-1446Microsoft Developer Tools: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-06-13csaf · cert_bundDE

    Ein entfernter, anonymer, authentisierter oder lokaler Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Microsoft .NET Framework, Microsoft Azure DevOps Server, Microsoft NuGet, Microsoft Visual Studio und Microsoft Visual Studio Code ausnutzen, um beliebigen Code auszuführen, vertrauliche Informationen offenzulegen, einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand herbeizuführen, seine Rechte zu erweitern und Daten zu manipulieren.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdfstec_bducert_bundNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2023-04-25modified 2026-06-17
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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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