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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2023-29007"
idYear: 2023
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2023-04-25T20:09:52.182Z"
updatedAt: "2025-11-04T16:10:07.750Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:53.804Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-29007"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2023-29007.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29007"
title: "Arbitrary configuration injection via `git submodule deinit`"
summary: "Git is a revision control system. Prior to versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1, a specially crafted `.gitmodules` file with submodule URLs that are longer than 1024 characters can used to exploit a bug in `config.c::git_config_copy_or_rename_section_in_file()`. This bug can be used to inject arbitrary configuration into a user's `$GIT_DIR/config` when attempting to remove the configuration section associated with that submodule. When the attacker injects configuration values which specify executables to run (such as `core.pager`, `core.editor`, `core.sshCommand`, etc.) this can lead to a remote code execution. A fix A fix is available in versions 2.30.9, 2.31.8, 2.32.7, 2.33.8, 2.34.8, 2.35.8, 2.36.6, 2.37.7, 2.38.5, 2.39.3, and 2.40.1. As a workaround, avoid running `git submodule deinit` on untrusted repositories or without prior inspection of any submodule sections in `$GIT_DIR/config`."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"\u003c 2.30.9","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 2.31.0, \u003c 2.31.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 2.32.0, \u003c 2.32.7","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 2.33.0, \u003c 2.33.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 2.34.0, \u003c 2.34.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 2.35.0, \u003c 2.35.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 2.36.0, \u003c 2.36.6","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 2.37.0, \u003c 2.37.7","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 2.38.0, \u003c 2.38.5","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 2.39.0, \u003c 2.39.3","status":"affected"},{"version":"\u003e= 2.40.0, \u003c 2.40.1","status":"affected"}],"vendor":"git","product":"git"}]

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