CVE-2020-27955

Publication date 5 November 2020

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

Git LFS 2.12.0 allows Remote Code Execution.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
git-lfs 20.10 groovy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

Notes

alexmurray

Only affects git-lfs on Windows so Ubuntu is not affected.

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

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

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