CVE-2020-12279

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.

• CWE-706

• https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-589j-mmg9-733vPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/64c612cc3e25eff5fb02c59ef5a66ba7a14751e4Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.28.4Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.99.0Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00034.html
• https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-589j-mmg9-733vPatch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/64c612cc3e25eff5fb02c59ef5a66ba7a14751e4Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.28.4Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.99.0Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00034.html

Published

Apr 27, 2020

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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