CVE-2024-45720 | Apache Subversion: Command line argument injection on Windows platforms

On Windows platforms, a "best fit" character encoding conversion of command line arguments to Subversion's executables (e.g., svn.exe, etc.) may lead to unexpected command line argument interpretation, including argument injection and execution of other programs, if a specially crafted command line argument string is processed. All versions of Subversion up to and including Subversion 1.14.3 are affected on Windows platforms only. Users are recommended to upgrade to version Subversion 1.14.4, which fixes this issue. Subversion is not affected on UNIX-like platforms.

Published: 2024-10-09 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Analyzed，CVE State: published
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CVE-2024-45720 is rated Moderate Risk (48.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.60%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2024-45720

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 0.05% 0.60% +0.55%
2 2026-02-28 0.05% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2026-02-15 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (23 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2024-45720

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.2 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:C)
Breaking this can reach past the original component and bite other resources—bigger blast radius.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.5 6.0 [email protected]
7.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
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:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 1.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2024-45720

OS Trackers for CVE-2024-45720

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2024-45720: 1 source package rows (subversion); 33 state rows across 6 repos (3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 6, open 27. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-45720
debian unimportant CVE-2024-45720 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (subversion), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-45720
suse high CVE-2024-45720 severity important: SUSE including 10 source package names (libsvn_auth_gnome_keyring-1-0, libsvn_auth_kwallet-1-0, …), 139 product×package rows across 24 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, … (24 product lines)): Known Not Affected 139. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-45720/
ubuntu medium CVE-2024-45720 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (subversion), 6 status rows across 6 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, upstream, xenial): not-affected 6. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-45720

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2024-45720

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache subversion < 1.14.4 cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2024-45720

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