CVE-2024-53263

Publication date 14 January 2025

Last updated 16 January 2026

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Description

Git LFS is a Git extension for versioning large files. When Git LFS requests credentials from Git for a remote host, it passes portions of the host's URL to the `git-credential(1)` command without checking for embedded line-ending control characters, and then sends any credentials it receives back from the Git credential helper to the remote host. By inserting URL-encoded control characters such as line feed (LF) or carriage return (CR) characters into the URL, an attacker may be able to retrieve a user's Git credentials. This problem exists in all previous versions and is patched in v3.6.1. All users should upgrade to v3.6.1. There are no workarounds known at this time.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
git-lfs 25.10 questing
Not affected
25.04 plucky
Not affected
24.10 oracular Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable

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