CVE-2022-29187 Bypass of safe.directory protections in Git

What is CVE-2022-29187?

CVE-2022-29187 is a high-severity vulnerability in Apple Xcode, published on 12 Jul 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Git is a distributed revision control system. Git prior to versions 2.37.1, 2.36.2, 2.35.4, 2.34.4, 2.33.4, 2.32.3, 2.31.4, and 2.30.5, is vulnerable to privilege escalation in all platforms. An unsuspecting user could still be affected by the issue reported in CVE-2022-24765, for example when navigating as root into a shared tmp directory that is owned by them, but where an attacker could create a git repository. Versions 2.37.1, 2.36.2, 2.35.4, 2.34.4, 2.33.4, 2.32.3, 2.31.4, and 2.30.5 contain a patch for this issue. The simplest way to avoid being affected by the exploit described in the example is to avoid running git as root (or an Administrator in Windows), and if needed to reduce its use to a minimum. While a generic workaround is not possible, a system could be hardened from the exploit described in the example by removing any such repository if it exists already and creating one as root to block any future attacks.

Weakness: CWE-427, CWE-282

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-29187?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Apple Xcode, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Git-Scm Git.

How do I fix CVE-2022-29187?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2022-29187 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-29187 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Apple Xcode

• CVE-2025-48384 Git Link Following Exploited High 8.1
• CVE-2014-9390 JGit Improper Input Validation vulnerability Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-14379 Deserialization of untrusted data in FasterXML jackson-databind Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-4164 An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-0746 Use after free in n/a Critical 9.8

All Apple Xcode vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2022-29187, CLEANSTART-2026-EQ09700, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-29187, GHSA-j342-m5hw-rr3v, OESA-2022-1765, SUSE-SU-2022:2535-1 and 6 more.