An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x before 0.99.0. checkout.c mishandles equivalent filenames that exist because of NTFS short names. This may allow remote code execution when cloning a repository. This issue is similar to CVE-2019-1353.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2936-1 libgit2 security update
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-3340-1 libgit2 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-4592 An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x before 0.99.0. checkout.c mishandles equivalent filenames that exist because of NTFS short names. This may allow remote code execution when cloning a repository. This issue is similar to CVE-2019-1353.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-6678-1 libgit2 vulnerabilities
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History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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{'score': 0.05577}

epss

{'score': 0.06487}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-04T11:48:58.767Z

Reserved: 2020-04-27T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2020-12279

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-04-27T17:15:13.470

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:59:26.230

Link: CVE-2020-12279

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2019-09-18T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-12279 - Bugzilla

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