Git for Windows is the Windows port of Git. Versions prior to 2.53.0.windows.3 do not have protections that prevent attackers from obtaining a user's NTLM hash. The NTLM hash can be obtained by tricking users into cloning a malicious repository, or checking out a malicious branch, that accesses an attacker-controlled server. By default, NTLM authentication does not need any user interaction. By brute-forcing the NTLMv2 hash (which is expensive, but possible), credentials can be extracted. This issue has been fixed in version 2.53.0.windows.3.
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| Description | Git for Windows is the Windows port of Git. Versions prior to 2.53.0.windows.3 do not have protections that prevent attackers from obtaining a user's NTLM hash. The NTLM hash can be obtained by tricking users into cloning a malicious repository, or checking out a malicious branch, that accesses an attacker-controlled server. By default, NTLM authentication does not need any user interaction. By brute-forcing the NTLMv2 hash (which is expensive, but possible), credentials can be extracted. This issue has been fixed in version 2.53.0.windows.3. | |
| Title | Git for Windows: `git clone` from manipulated repositories can leak NTLM hashes to arbitrary servers | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-200 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
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Updated: 2026-04-15T18:44:04.155Z
Reserved: 2026-03-12T15:29:36.559Z
Link: CVE-2026-32631
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-04-15T18:17:17.437
Modified: 2026-04-15T18:17:17.437
Link: CVE-2026-32631
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