# CVE-2024-45301: ZDI-CAN-24744: Mintty Path Conversion Improper Input Validation Information Disclosure Vulnerability

> Attackers can force Mintty to access network paths, leaking NTLM hashes for credential theft or pass-the-hash attacks.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jf4m-m6rv-p6c5

## What is CVE-2024-45301?

CVE-2024-45301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in mintty, published on 12 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin, MSYS, and WSL. In versions 2.3.6 through 3.7.4, several escape sequences can cause the mintty process to access a file in a specific path. It is triggered by simply printing them out on bash. An attacker can specify an arbitrary network path, negotiate an ntlm hash out of the victim's machine to an attacker controlled remote host. An attacker can use password cracking tools or NetNTLMv2 hashes to Pass the Hash. Version 3.7.5 fixes the issue.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-45301?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-45301?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-45301 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-45301 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45301 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-45301 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-45301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in mintty, published on 12 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-45301 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: mintty. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45301/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45301/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45301
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45301
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45301

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-45301/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.