Security News > 2025 > January > GitHub Desktop Vulnerability Risks Credential Leaks via Malicious Remote URLs
2025-01-27 14:17
Multiple security vulnerabilities have been disclosed in GitHub Desktop as well as other Git-related projects that, if successfully exploited, could permit an attacker to gain unauthorized access to a user's Git credentials. "Git implements a protocol called Git Credential Protocol to retrieve credentials from the credential helper," GMO Flatt Security researcher Ry0taK, who discovered the flaws
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