CVE-2014-6274: Git-Annex Project Git-Annex

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

git-annex had a bug in the S3 and Glacier remotes where if embedcreds=yes was set, and the remote used encryption=pubkey or encryption=hybrid, the embedded AWS credentials were stored in the git repository in (effectively) plaintext, not encrypted as they were supposed to be. This issue affects git-annex: from 3.20121126 before 5.20140919.

Affected products

• Git-Annex Project Git-Annex: from 3.20121126, before 5.20140919 (fixed in 5.20140919)

Published 2025-06-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.