Bug 2567655 (CVE-2026-100408) - CVE-2026-100408 git: Git for Windows: Denial of service via heap buffer overflow in git-credential-wincred
Summary: CVE-2026-100408 git: Git for Windows: Denial of service via heap buffer overf...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-100408
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-11-05 22:15 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-11-06 00:10 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-11-05 22:15:32 UTC
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.


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