# CVE-2023-29012: Git CMD erroneously executes \`doskey.exe\` in the current directory, if it exists

- 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: 2.40.1
- Published: 2023-04-25 · Updated: 2025-02-03

## Affected

- git-for-windows git: fixed in 2.40.1

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on git-for-windows git, upgrade to a fixed version (2.40.1) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-gq5x-v87v-8f7g
- https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1

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