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Case File

CVE-2014-9938

HIGH · CVSS 8.8 EPSS 2.32% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-03-20 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
code execution
GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2014-9938
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.8
EPSS
2.32%

Original Filing — NVD Description

contrib/completion/git-prompt.sh in Git before 1.9.3 does not sanitize branch names in the PS1 variable, allowing a malicious repository to cause code execution.