Red Hat Security Advisory: git security update
Git is a distributed revision control system with a decentralized architecture. As opposed to centralized version control systems with a client-server model, Git ensures that each working copy of a Git repository is an exact copy with complete revision history. This not only allows the user to work on and contribute to projects without the need to have permission to push the changes to their official repositories, but also makes it possible for the user to work with no network connection. Security Fix(es): * git: Recursive clones RCE (CVE-2024-32002) * git: RCE while cloning local repos (CVE-2024-32004) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This advisory covers two security vulnerabilities in Git, a distributed version control system. CVE-2024-32002 involves remote code execution during recursive cloning operations, while CVE-2024-32004 involves remote code execution when cloning local repositories. Both vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. The vulnerabilities affect Git packages distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support and related architectures. Red Hat has provided updated Git packages (version 2.39.5-1.el8_8) to address these issues.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a system running an affected version of Git. This could lead to full system compromise depending on the privileges of the Git process. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Git packages that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update for Git version 2.39.5-1.el8_8 or later available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support and related variants. Refer to Red Hat's official update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) for detailed instructions on applying the update. No additional mitigations or workarounds are specified in the advisory.
Red Hat Security Advisory: git security update
Description
Git is a distributed revision control system with a decentralized architecture. As opposed to centralized version control systems with a client-server model, Git ensures that each working copy of a Git repository is an exact copy with complete revision history. This not only allows the user to work on and contribute to projects without the need to have permission to push the changes to their official repositories, but also makes it possible for the user to work with no network connection. Security Fix(es): * git: Recursive clones RCE (CVE-2024-32002) * git: RCE while cloning local repos (CVE-2024-32004) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Affected software
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Technical Analysis
This advisory covers two security vulnerabilities in Git, a distributed version control system. CVE-2024-32002 involves remote code execution during recursive cloning operations, while CVE-2024-32004 involves remote code execution when cloning local repositories. Both vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. The vulnerabilities affect Git packages distributed with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support and related architectures. Red Hat has provided updated Git packages (version 2.39.5-1.el8_8) to address these issues.
Potential Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on a system running an affected version of Git. This could lead to full system compromise depending on the privileges of the Git process. The advisory rates the security impact as Important (high severity). There are no known exploits in the wild at the time of the advisory.
Mitigation Recommendations
Red Hat has released updated Git packages that fix these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the security update for Git version 2.39.5-1.el8_8 or later available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.8 Extended Update Support and related variants. Refer to Red Hat's official update article (https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258) for detailed instructions on applying the update. No additional mitigations or workarounds are specified in the advisory.
Technical Details
- Gcve Source
- db.gcve.eu
- Csaf Category
- csaf_security_advisory
- Csaf Version
- 2.0
- Publisher
- Red Hat Product Security
- Advisory Id
- RHSA-2024:4579
- Cve Count
- 2
- Additional Cves
- ["CVE-2024-32004"]
Threat ID: 6a3c0cebeed863c81e2376d4
Added to database: 06/24/2026, 16:59:23 UTC
Last enriched: 07/04/2026, 01:31:37 UTC
Last updated: 09/10/2026, 19:36:48 UTC
Views: 20
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