CVE-2026-100408 PUBLISHED

Git for Windows: git-credential-wincred Erase Path Heap Overflow

Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 04.11.2026 Updated: 04.11.2026

Git for Windows is the Windows port of Git. From 2.43.0.windows.1 until 2.55.0.windows.3, when a matching git:* credential exists in Windows Credential Manager and a git-credential-wincred erase input includes a password field, the operation in contrib/credential/wincred/git-credential-wincred.c allocates a buffer of exactly CredentialBlobSize bytes in match_cred_password() and then uses wcsncpy_s() to copy the corresponding number of wide characters plus a terminating NUL. The destination capacity is also supplied in bytes instead of WCHAR elements, allowing a fixed two-byte NUL write past the allocation before the password comparison determines whether CredDeleteW() should remove the credential; erase without a password field does not enter this comparison path. The helper can terminate with Windows heap-corruption status, and git credential reject can appear successful while the rejected credential remains stored. This issue is fixed in version 2.55.0.windows.3.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L
CVSS Score: 4.4

Product Status

Vendor git-for-windows
Product git
Versions
  • Version >= 2.43.0.windows.1, < 2.55.0.windows.3 is affected

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write CWE