--- title: 'USN-5511-1: Git vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices' description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-5511-1 --- 1. [Ubuntu Security Notices](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices) 2. USN-5511-1 --- # USN-5511-1: Git vulnerabilities Publication date 13 July 2022 Overview Git could be made to run arbitrary commands as an administrator if it received specially crafted inputs. Releases [22.04 LTS](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=jammy) [21.10](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=impish) [20.04 LTS](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=focal) [18.04 LTS](https://ubuntu.com/security/notices?release=bionic) --- Open side navigation ## Packages * [git](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves?package=git) - fast, scalable, distributed revision control system ## Details Carlo Marcelo Arenas Belón discovered that an issue related to [CVE-2022-24765](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-24765) still affected Git. An attacker could possibly use this issue to run arbitrary commands as administrator. ([CVE-2022-29187](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-29187)) ## Update instructions In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. [Learn more about how to get the fixes.](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: | Ubuntu Release | Package Version | | --- | --- | | 22.04 LTS jammy | [git](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git) –  [1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.4](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.34.1-1ubuntu1.4) | | | | 21.10 impish | [git](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git) –  [1:2.32.0-1ubuntu1.3](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.32.0-1ubuntu1.3) | | | | 20.04 LTS focal | [git](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git) –  [1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.5](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.25.1-1ubuntu3.5) | | | | 18.04 LTS bionic | [git](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git) –  [1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.12](https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/git/1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.12) | | | --- ### Reduce your security exposure Ubuntu Pro provides ten-year security coverage to 25,000+ packages in Main and Universe repositories, and it is free for up to five machines. [Get Ubuntu Pro](https://ubuntu.com/pro) ## References * [CVE-2022-29187](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-29187)