CVE-2023-29012: Git For Windows Project Git For Windows

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Git for Windows is the Windows port of Git. Prior to version 2.40.1, any user of Git CMD who starts the command in an untrusted directory is impacted by an Uncontrolles Search Path Element vulnerability. Maliciously-placed `doskey.exe` would be executed silently upon running Git CMD. The problem has been patched in Git for Windows v2.40.1. As a workaround, avoid using Git CMD or, if using Git CMD, avoid starting it in an untrusted directory.

Affected products

• Git For Windows Project Git For Windows: before 2.40.1 (fixed in 2.40.1)

Published 2023-04-25. Last modified 2026-06-17.