What is CVE-2022-41953?

CVE-2022-41953 is a high-severity vulnerability in Git-For-Windows Git, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2023-01-17.

How severe is CVE-2022-41953?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-41953 known to be exploited?

11 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Git-For-Windows Git

CVE-2022-41953

Git GUI is a convenient graphical tool that comes with Git for Windows. Its target audience is users who are uncomfortable with using Git on the command-line. Git GUI has a function to clone repositories. Immediately after the local clone is available, Git GUI will automatically post-process it, among other things running a spell checker called `aspell.exe` if it was found. Git GUI is implemented as a Tcl/Tk script. Due to the unfortunate design of Tcl on Windows, the search path when looking for an executable _always includes the current directory_. Therefore, malicious repositories can ship with an `aspell.exe` in their top-level directory which is executed by Git GUI without giving the user a chance to inspect it first, i.e. running untrusted code. This issue has been addressed in version 2.39.1. Users are advised to upgrade. Users unable to upgrade should avoid using Git GUI for cloning. If that is not a viable option, at least avoid cloning from untrusted sources.

Published 2023-01-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.068 (94.0th percentile), scored 2026-10-23.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.068 · newest: 0.068 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-426 — Untrusted Search Path

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/git-for-windows/git/security/advisories/GHSA-v4px-mx59-w99c (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/git-for-windows/git/pull/4219 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/git-for-windows/git/commit/7360767e8dfc1895a932324079f7d45d7791d39f (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.6/TclCmd/exec.html (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-41953?: CVE-2022-41953 is a high-severity vulnerability in Git-For-Windows Git, classified under Untrusted Search Path. CVSS score: 8.6/10. Published 2023-01-17.
How severe is CVE-2022-41953?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-41953 known to be exploited?: 11 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.