CVE-2020-5260

CRITICALNVD 9.39.3
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

“—” beside the score: it is equal to NVD's CVSS score.

This critical-severity CVE scores 9.3 under NVD CVSS v3. EPSS exploit probability: 15% (96th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs). No GitHub Security Advisory CVSS is on record for this CVE.

Triggered by: Headline CVSS from NVD CVSS v3
Sources: EPSS, NVD CVSS v3
Trending — 3 sources updated this weekElevated

Also known asEUVD-2020-26465 (ENISA EUVD)Source: ENISA EUVD

9.3EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixRemediate within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high (the SSVC decision on this page).
  • Public exploit or proof-of-concept code is available
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 15%CVSS: 9.3Exploit: Public PoCExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

Affected versions of Git have a vulnerability whereby Git can be tricked into sending private credentials to a host controlled by an attacker. Git uses external "credential helper" programs to store and retrieve passwords or other credentials from secure storage provided by the operating system. Specially-crafted URLs that contain an encoded newline can inject unintended values into the credential helper protocol stream, causing the credential helper to retrieve the password for one server (e.g., good.example.com) for an HTTP request being made to another server (e.g., evil.example.com), resulting in credentials for the former being sent to the latter. There are no restrictions on the relationship between the two, meaning that an attacker can craft a URL that will present stored credentials for any host to a host of their choosing. The vulnerability can be triggered by feeding a malicious URL to git clone. However, the affected URLs look rather suspicious; the likely vector would be through systems which automatically clone URLs not visible to the user, such as Git submodules, or package systems built around Git. The problem has been patched in the versions published on April 14th, 2020, going back to v2.17.x. Anyone wishing to backport the change further can do so by applying commit 9a6bbee (the full release includes extra checks for git fsck, but that commit is sufficient to protect clients against the vulnerability). The patched versions are: 2.17.4, 2.18.3, 2.19.4, 2.20.3, 2.21.2, 2.22.3, 2.23.2, 2.24.2, 2.25.3, 2.26.1.

CVSS v3
9.3
EG Score
9.3CRITICALmedium confidence
EG Risk
58
EG Risk 58/100

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score. It fuses impact severity (EG Severity, the CVSS base score, never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score) with real-world exploitation and automatability, under weights EchelonGraph set by hand, so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner.

How it’s computed (value × EchelonGraph’s weight)
Severity93% × 45%
Impact severity (EG Severity): CVSS 9.3 of 10. Never the KEV-floored or EPSS-lifted EG Score.
Exploitation40% × 40%
EchelonGraph's fixed weight for EG-KEV Tier 3 (Elevated): a constant, not a probability.
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA's BOD 26-04 default: no one has published Automatable for this CVE, and CISA treats it as “no” for a CVE not in KEV.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph): Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.
Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE.
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.
EPSS PROB
15%
EPSS %ILE
96th
KEV
Not listed

What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)

The EG score (9.3): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 9.3 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.

EG Severity
9.3 CRITICALCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.NVD CVSS v3 · CVSS v3.0 or v3.1
EG Likelihood
15% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS. FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
Confirmed exploitation
None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
EG Priority
SSVC Track* at medium mission impactTrack at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.CISA BOD 26-04: 14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.

SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at low, Track* at medium and Attend at high mission impact.

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high.

Exploitation public PoC (exploit code on record) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). EchelonGraph holds no SSVC assessment of this CVE from CISA: none of these inputs is from Vulnrichment. EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table

BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)14 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.

The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA's BOD 26-04 default) · Technical impact total (CISA's BOD 26-04 default). Where an input reads “CISA's BOD 26-04 default”, no one has published it for this CVE, and CISA's implementation guidance says: “If “Automatable” and “Technical Impact” information items about a CVE ID are not available and the CVE ID is not in the KEV Catalog, CISA will treat its values as “no” and “total,” respectively, until CISA or a third party provides metadata about the CVE ID. CISA will always provide the Vulnrichment data for a CVE ID listed in the KEV Catalog.” Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it

Published

April 14, 2020

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

Advisory Details (8)

Auto-updated Sep 15, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_commit, github.
Web page

[SECURITY] Fedora 30 Update: git-2.21.3-1.fc30 - package-announce - Fedora mailing-lists

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/74Q7WVJ6FKLIN62VS2JD2XCNWK5TNKOW/
Web pageMentions a patch (unverified)

[SECURITY] [DLA 2177-1] git security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00010.html
GitHub advisoryMentions a patch (unverified)

malicious URLs may cause Git to present stored credentials to the wrong server · Advisory · git/git · GitHub

https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-qm7j-c969-7j4q
GitHub commit

commit 9a6bbee8006c (git/git)

Fix landed in git/git commit 9a6bbee8006c — awaiting tagged release

https://github.com/git/git/commit/9a6bbee8006c24b46a85d29e7b38cfa79e9ab21b
Web page

oss-security - CVE-2020-11008: Git: Malicious URLs can still cause Git to send a stored credential to the wrong server

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/20/1
Web page

oss-security - Re: CVE-2020-5260: Git: malicious URLs may cause Git to present stored credentials to the wrong server

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/15/6
Web page

oss-security - CVE-2020-5260: Git: malicious URLs may cause Git to present stored credentials to the wrong server

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2020/04/15/5

Patch Availability(6)

Vendor / EcosystemFix (by version range) / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntugitweb (1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.8) @ xenial2026-11-02ubuntu
redhatgit-0:1.8.3.1-23.el7_72020-08-31redhat
redhatgit-0:1.8.3.1-22.el7_82020-04-21redhat
redhatgit-0:2.18.2-2.el8_12020-04-21redhat
redhatgit-0:2.18.2-2.el8_02020-04-21redhat
redhatrh-git218-git-0:2.18.2-3.el72020-04-21redhat

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(24 across 24 ecosystems)
Alpine:v3.10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.22.3-r0: fixed in 2.22.3-r0
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Alpine:v3.11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.24.2-r0: fixed in 2.24.2-r0
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Alpine:v3.12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.26.1-r0: fixed in 2.26.1-r0
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Alpine:v3.13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.26.1-r0: fixed in 2.26.1-r0
—
Alpine:v3.14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.26.1-r0: fixed in 2.26.1-r0
—
Alpine:v3.15(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.26.1-r0: fixed in 2.26.1-r0
—
Alpine:v3.16(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.26.1-r0: fixed in 2.26.1-r0
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Alpine:v3.17(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.26.1-r0: fixed in 2.26.1-r0
—
Alpine:v3.18(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.26.1-r0: fixed in 2.26.1-r0
—
Alpine:v3.19(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.26.1-r0: fixed in 2.26.1-r0
—
Alpine:v3.20(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.26.1-r0: fixed in 2.26.1-r0
—
Alpine:v3.21(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.26.1-r0: fixed in 2.26.1-r0
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Alpine:v3.22(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.26.1-r0: fixed in 2.26.1-r0
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Alpine:v3.23(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.26.1-r0: fixed in 2.26.1-r0
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Alpine:v3.24(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.26.1-r0: fixed in 2.26.1-r0
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Alpine:v3.8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.18.3-r0: fixed in 2.18.3-r0
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Alpine:v3.9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • 2.22.0 up to 2.20.3-r0: fixed in 2.20.3-r0
—
Debian:10(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git1:2.20.1-2, 1:2.20.1-2+deb10u1
  • every version up to 1:2.20.1-2+deb10u2: fixed in 1:2.20.1-2+deb10u2
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Debian:11(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • every version up to 1:2.26.1-1: fixed in 1:2.26.1-1
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Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • every version up to 1:2.26.1-1: fixed in 1:2.26.1-1
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Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • every version up to 1:2.26.1-1: fixed in 1:2.26.1-1
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Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git—
  • every version up to 1:2.26.1-1: fixed in 1:2.26.1-1
—
Debian:8(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git1:2.1.4-2.1 ... 1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u8 (9 versions)
  • every version up to 1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u9: fixed in 1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u9
—
Debian:9(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
git1:2.11.0-3 ... 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u5 (6 versions)
  • every version up to 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u6: fixed in 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u6
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Weakness Classification(2)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(6)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 69× in last 30d)

Each row is a time one of our pipelines fetched, updated or re-scored this CVE. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. An arrow marks a change the record states ("CVSS v3 → 9.1"); EPSS and GHSA rows show the values recorded at that time, not what changed (EPSS values are rounded; hover one for the exact figures). Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 97 of 223 refreshes on record for this CVE.

A repeat, a row identical to one the same pipeline wrote less than 10 seconds earlier, is not a separate refresh and is not counted. 3 repeat rows among the latest 100 are merged into the row they repeat. The 126 oldest rows on record are not shown and were not checked, so the counts can still include repeats.

  1. 2026-11-02 16:36 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 15% · 96th percentile
  2. 2026-11-02 11:46 UTCEG score recompute
  3. 2026-11-02 11:46 UTCVendor advisory
  4. 2026-11-01 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10.0% · 95th percentile
  5. 2026-11-01 10:15 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-11-01 10:15 UTCVendor advisory
  7. 2026-10-31 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10.0% · 95th percentile
  8. 2026-10-31 08:42 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-10-31 08:42 UTCVendor advisory
  10. 2026-10-30 16:29 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10.0% · 95th percentile
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  12. 2026-10-30 07:10 UTCVendor advisory
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  14. 2026-10-29 05:39 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-29 05:39 UTCVendor advisory
  16. 2026-10-28 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10.0% · 95th percentile
  17. 2026-10-28 04:09 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-28 04:09 UTCVendor advisory
  19. 2026-10-27 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10.0% · 95th percentile
  20. 2026-10-27 02:22 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-27 02:22 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-10-25 20:46 UTCVendor advisory
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  1. 2026-10-24 19:16 UTCVendor advisory
  2. 2026-10-24 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10.0% · 95th percentile
  3. 2026-10-23 17:45 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-10-23 17:45 UTCVendor advisory
  5. 2026-10-23 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10.0% · 95th percentile
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  7. 2026-10-22 16:14 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-10-22 16:14 UTCVendor advisory
  9. 2026-10-21 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10.0% · 95th percentile
  10. 2026-10-21 14:06 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-21 14:05 UTCVendor advisory
  12. 2026-10-20 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10.0% · 95th percentile
  13. 2026-10-20 12:34 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-10-20 12:34 UTCVendor advisory
  15. 2026-10-19 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10.0% · 95th percentile
  16. 2026-10-19 11:02 UTCEG score recompute
  17. 2026-10-19 11:02 UTCVendor advisory
  18. 2026-10-18 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10.0% · 95th percentile
  19. 2026-10-18 07:54 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-18 07:54 UTCVendor advisory
  21. 2026-10-17 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10.0% · 95th percentile
  22. 2026-10-17 06:23 UTCEG score recompute
  23. 2026-10-17 06:23 UTCVendor advisory
  24. 2026-10-16 16:33 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10.0% · 95th percentile
  25. 2026-10-16 04:51 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-10-16 04:51 UTCVendor advisory
  27. 2026-10-15 16:27 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10.0% · 95th percentile
  28. 2026-10-15 03:16 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-10-15 03:16 UTCVendor advisory
  30. 2026-10-14 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10.0% · 95th percentile
  31. 2026-10-13 23:27 UTCEG score recompute
  32. 2026-10-13 23:27 UTCVendor advisory
  33. 2026-10-13 16:28 UTCEPSS rescoreEPSS 10.0% · 95th percentile
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  35. 2026-10-12 19:33 UTCEG score recompute
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Publicly available exploits

(2 references)

Public exploit code is referenced for this CVE (2 GitHub PoCs). Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly.

  • GitHub PoCsv3nbeast/CVE-2020-5260
    Published Apr 16, 2020

    CVE-2020-5260演示记录

    Open source ↗
  • GitHub PoCbrompwnie/cve-2020-5260
    Published Apr 15, 2020

    A HTTP PoC Endpoint for cve-2020-5260 which can be deployed to Heroku

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2020-5260?
CVE-2020-5260 is a critical-severity vulnerability; its CVE record was published on April 14, 2020. Affected versions of Git have a vulnerability whereby Git can be tricked into sending private credentials to a host controlled by an attacker. Git uses external "credential helper" programs to store and retrieve passwords or other credentials from secure storage provided by the operating system.…
When was the CVE record for CVE-2020-5260 published?
The CVE record for CVE-2020-5260 was published on April 14, 2020. That is the record's publication date; the vulnerability itself may have been made public earlier. EchelonGraph's copy of the record carries a last-modified date of November 21, 2024; the record at its source may have been updated since.
Is CVE-2020-5260 actively exploited?
CVE-2020-5260 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 15% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (96th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2020-5260?
CVE-2020-5260 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2020-5260?
A fix for CVE-2020-5260 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory.

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