# CVE-2024-45720: Apache Subversion: Command line argument injection on Windows platforms

- Severity: CVSS 8.2 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-10-09 · Updated: 2024-10-09

## Affected

- Apache Software Foundation Apache Subversion: from 1.0.0, through 1.14.3

## Description

On Windows platforms, a "best fit" character encoding conversion of command line arguments to Subversion's executables (e.g., svn.exe, etc.) may lead to unexpected command line argument interpretation, including argument injection and execution of other programs, if a specially crafted command line argument string is processed. All versions of Subversion up to and including Subversion 1.14.3 are affected on Windows platforms only. Users are recommended to upgrade to version Subversion 1.14.4, which fixes this issue. Subversion is not affected on UNIX-like platforms.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Apache Software Foundation Apache Subversion, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2024-45720-advisory.txt

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