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FKIE_CVE-2014-6274

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-06-26 21:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:12
Severity
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
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.
References
security@debian.orghttps://git-annex.branchable.com/upgrades/insecure_embedded_creds/Product
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
git-annex_project git-annex *
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