{"id":"CVE-2023-29011","aliases":["EUVD-2023-32624","GHSA-g4fv-xjqw-q7jm"],"status":"published","title":"Git for Windows's config file of `connect.exe` is susceptible to malicious placing","description":"Git for Windows, the Windows port of Git, ships with an executable called `connect.exe`, which implements a SOCKS5 proxy that can be used to connect e.g. to SSH servers via proxies when certain ports are blocked for outgoing connections. The location of `connect.exe`'s config file is hard-coded as `/etc/connectrc` which will typically be interpreted as `C:\\etc\\connectrc`. Since `C:\\etc` can be created by any authenticated user, this makes `connect.exe` susceptible to malicious files being placed there by other users on the same multi-user machine. The problem has been patched in Git for Windows v2.40.1. As a workaround, create the folder `etc` on all drives where Git commands are run, and remove read/write access from those folders. Alternatively, watch out for malicious `\u003cdrive\u003e:\\etc\\connectrc` files on multi-user machines.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":7.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna","from":"cve"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.00381,"percentile":0.32559,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-427"],"published":"2023-04-25T20:40:30Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:49Z","products":[{"vendor":"git-for-windows","product":"git"},{"vendor":"git_for_windows_project","product":"git_for_windows"}],"references":[{"url":"https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-g4fv-xjqw-q7jm","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred","Vendor Advisory","advisory"]},{"url":"https://github.com/git-for-windows/git/releases/tag/v2.40.1.windows.1","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Release Notes","web"]},{"url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2023/29xxx/CVE-2023-29011.json","tags":["advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29011","tags":["advisory"]}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2023-29011","title":"Git for Windows's config file of `connect.exe` is susceptible to malicious placing","description":"Git for Windows, the Windows port of Git, ships with an executable called `connect.exe`, which implements a SOCKS5 proxy that can be used to connect e.g. to SSH servers via proxies when certain ports are blocked for outgoing connections. The location of `connect.exe`'s config file is hard-coded as `/etc/connectrc` which will typically be interpreted as `C:\\etc\\connectrc`. Since `C:\\etc` can be created by any authenticated user, this makes `connect.exe` susceptible to malicious files being placed there by other users on the same multi-user machine. The problem has been patched in Git for Windows v2.40.1. As a workaround, create the folder `etc` on all drives where Git commands are run, and remove read/write access from those folders. Alternatively, watch out for malicious `\u003cdrive\u003e:\\etc\\connectrc` files on multi-user machines.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-25T20:40:30.247Z","modified":"2025-02-03T18:07:25.939Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-427"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:28.643185Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-32624","description":"Git for Windows, the Windows port of Git, ships with an executable called `connect.exe`, which implements a SOCKS5 proxy that can be used to connect e.g. to SSH servers via proxies when certain ports are blocked for outgoing connections. The location of `connect.exe`'s config file is hard-coded as `/etc/connectrc` which will typically be interpreted as `C:\\etc\\connectrc`. Since `C:\\etc` can be created by any authenticated user, this makes `connect.exe` susceptible to malicious files being placed there by other users on the same multi-user machine. The problem has been patched in Git for Windows v2.40.1. As a workaround, create the folder `etc` on all drives where Git commands are run, and remove read/write access from those folders. Alternatively, watch out for malicious `\u003cdrive\u003e:\\etc\\connectrc` files on multi-user machines.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-25T20:40:30Z","modified":"2025-02-03T18:07:25Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.6,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-03T00:04:07.282625Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2023-29011","description":"Git for Windows, the Windows port of Git, ships with an executable called `connect.exe`, which implements a SOCKS5 proxy that can be used to connect e.g. to SSH servers via proxies when certain ports are blocked for outgoing connections. The location of `connect.exe`'s config file is hard-coded as `/etc/connectrc` which will typically be interpreted as `C:\\etc\\connectrc`. Since `C:\\etc` can be created by any authenticated user, this makes `connect.exe` susceptible to malicious files being placed there by other users on the same multi-user machine. The problem has been patched in Git for Windows v2.40.1. As a workaround, create the folder `etc` on all drives where Git commands are run, and remove read/write access from those folders. Alternatively, watch out for malicious `\u003cdrive\u003e:\\etc\\connectrc` files on multi-user machines.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-25T21:15:10.48Z","modified":"2026-06-17T05:49:11.147Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"secondary"},{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-427"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:59.151142Z"}],"osv":[{"id":"CVE-2023-29011","title":"Git for Windows's config file of `connect.exe` is susceptible to malicious placing","description":"Git for Windows, the Windows port of Git, ships with an executable called `connect.exe`, which implements a SOCKS5 proxy that can be used to connect e.g. to SSH servers via proxies when certain ports are blocked for outgoing connections. The location of `connect.exe`'s config file is hard-coded as `/etc/connectrc` which will typically be interpreted as `C:\\etc\\connectrc`. Since `C:\\etc` can be created by any authenticated user, this makes `connect.exe` susceptible to malicious files being placed there by other users on the same multi-user machine. The problem has been patched in Git for Windows v2.40.1. As a workaround, create the folder `etc` on all drives where Git commands are run, and remove read/write access from those folders. Alternatively, watch out for malicious `\u003cdrive\u003e:\\etc\\connectrc` files on multi-user machines.","status":"published","published":"2023-04-25T20:40:30.247Z","modified":"2026-10-28T02:30:49.723873665Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high"}],"cwes":["CWE-427"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T15:44:31.468318Z"}]}}