{
    "id": "CVE-2020-12279",
    "published": "2020-04-27 17:15:13",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 02:51:33",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-706",
    "description": "An issue was discovered in libgit2 before 0.28.4 and 0.9x before 0.99.0. checkout.c mishandles equivalent filenames that exist because of NTFS short names. This may allow remote code execution when cloning a repository. This issue is similar to CVE-2019-1353.",
    "epss_score": "0.05214",
    "epss_percentile": "0.92283",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-07 18:17:22",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "debian",
            "product": "debian_linux"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "libgit2",
            "product": "libgit2"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-589j-mmg9-733v",
        "https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/64c612cc3e25eff5fb02c59ef5a66ba7a14751e4",
        "https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.28.4",
        "https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.99.0",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00034.html",
        "https://github.com/git/git/security/advisories/GHSA-589j-mmg9-733v",
        "https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/64c612cc3e25eff5fb02c59ef5a66ba7a14751e4",
        "https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.28.4",
        "https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/tag/v0.99.0",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00031.html",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/02/msg00034.html"
    ]
}