CVE-2019-1351

A tampering vulnerability exists when Git for Visual Studio improperly handles virtual drive paths, aka 'Git for Visual Studio Tampering Vulnerability'.

Published: 2020-01-24 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-1351 is rated Moderate Risk (58.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.72%, 94th percentile). EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-1351

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 17.11% 8.72% -8.39%
2 2026-05-26 22.64% 17.11% -5.54%
3 2026-02-24 — 22.64% —

Full EPSS history (24 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-1351

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-1351

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-1351

vendor priority summary link
alpine high CVE-2019-1351: 5 source package rows (git, libgit2, libgit2-1.0, libgit2-1.1, libgit2-1.5); 21 state rows across 17 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-community, 3.17-main, 3.18-community, 3.18-main, 3.19-community, 3.19-main, 3.20-community, 3.20-main, 3.21-community, 3.21-main, 3.22-community, 3.22-main, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 21, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-1351
debian unimportant CVE-2019-1351 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (git), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-1351
gentoo normal CVE-2019-1351: 1 GLSA(s) (202003-30), 1 atom(s) (dev-vcs/git); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2019-1351
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-1351
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-1351 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (git), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, disco, eoan, trusty, upstream, xenial): released 5, DNE 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-1351

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-1351

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft visual_studio_2017 >= 15.0, < 15.9.18 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2017:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft visual_studio_2019 >= 16.0, < 16.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-1351

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