SecuriTricks - CVE-2024-45301

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.

Product(s) Impacted

Vendor	Product	Versions
Mintty	Mintty	2.3.6, 3.7.4

Weaknesses

Common security weaknesses mapped to this vulnerability.

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.

*CPE(s)

Affected systems and software identified for this CVE.

Type	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	Software Edition	Target Software	Target Hardware	Other Information
a	mintty	mintty	2.3.6	/	/	/	/	/	/	/
a	mintty	mintty	3.7.4	/	/	/	/	/	/	/

References

https://github.com/mintty/mintty/security/advisories/GHSA-jf4m-m6rv-p6c5

CVSS Score

5.3 / 10

CVSS Data - 3.1

Attack Vector: NETWORK
Attack Complexity: HIGH
Privileges Required: NONE
Scope: UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact: HIGH
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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Timeline

Published: Nov. 12, 2025, 7:15 p.m.
Last Modified: Nov. 12, 2025, 7:15 p.m.

Status : Received

CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.

More info

Source

security-advisories@github.com

CVE-2024-45301