{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "ceee26d5cac05a3437097b43d034c4ad2e99d571"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://github.com/git-for-windows/git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "GHSA-g4fv-xjqw-q7jm"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-427"
    ],
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/29xxx/CVE-2023-29011.json"
  },
  "details": "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 `\u003cdrive\u003e:\\etc\\connectrc` files on multi-user machines.",
  "id": "CVE-2023-29011",
  "modified": "2026-04-01T23:10:38.582142310Z",
  "published": "2023-04-25T20:40:30.247Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/29xxx/CVE-2023-29011.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-g4fv-xjqw-q7jm"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29011"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.7.3",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Git for Windows's config file of `connect.exe` is susceptible to malicious placing"
}