# CVE-2024-53263: Git LFS permits exfiltration of credentials via crafted HTTP URLs

- Also known as: GO-2025-3390, BIT-GIT-LFS-2024-53263, GHSA-Q6R2-X2CC-VRP7
- Severity: CVSS 8.5 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.6.1
- Published: 2025-01-14 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- git-lfs: from 0.1.0, fixed in 3.6.1
- github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs (Go): from 0.1.0
- github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/v3 (Go): from 3.0.0, fixed in 3.6.1
- github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs (Go): from 0.1.0, through 3.0.0

## Description

Git LFS is a Git extension for versioning large files. When Git LFS requests credentials from Git for a remote host, it passes portions of the host's URL to the `git-credential(1)` command without checking for embedded line-ending control characters, and then sends any credentials it receives back from the Git credential helper to the remote host. By inserting URL-encoded control characters such as line feed (LF) or carriage return (CR) characters into the URL, an attacker may be able to retrieve a user's Git credentials. This problem exists in all previous versions and is patched in v3.6.1. All users should upgrade to v3.6.1. There are no workarounds known at this time.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on git-lfs, github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs, github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/v3, upgrade to a fixed version (3.6.1) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Go packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/go.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/security/advisories/GHSA-q6r2-x2cc-vrp7
- https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/commit/0345b6f816e611d050c0df67b61f0022916a1c90
- https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v3.6.1

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