CVE-2020-27955 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Git LFS 2.12.0 allows Remote Code Execution.

Published: 2020-11-05

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 82.7% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:git_large_file_storage_project:git_large_file_storage:2.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-4g4p-42wc-9f3m	Git LFS can execute a Git binary from the current directory

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.82715.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/159923/git-lfs-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164180/Git-git-lfs-Remote-Code-Execution.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Nov/1
https://exploitbox.io
https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases
https://legalhackers.com
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Git-LFS-RCE-Exploit-CVE-2020-27955.html

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.92209}`	epss `{'score': 0.92617}`

Subscriptions

Git Large File Storage Project Git Large File Storage

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2020-11-05T14:57:36.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-04T16:25:44.099Z

Reserved: 2020-10-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-27955

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-11-05T15:15:36.877

Modified: 2026-06-17T03:09:56.173

Link: CVE-2020-27955

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-427
Uncontrolled Search Path Element

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