CVE-2014-6274

git-annex had a bug in the S3 and Glacier remotes where if embedcreds=yes was set, and the remote used encryption=pubkey or encryption=hybrid, the embedded AWS credentials were stored in the git repository in (effectively) plaintext, not encrypted as they were supposed to be. This issue affects git-annex: from 3.20121126 before 5.20140919.

Score

CVSS 3.1 7.5 High

Status

Analyzed - security@debian.org

Published

2025-06-26

Last modified

2025-06-27

Weaknesses

CWE-311

Affected products

• Git-annex (Git-annex)
• Git-annex (Git-annex Project)

References

• https://git-annex.branchable.com/upgrades/insecure_embedded_creds/