PT-2025-2686 · Mintty · Mintty

Published 2025-01-10 · Updated 2025-11-12 · CVE-2024-45301

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mintty (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue is related to improper input validation in Mintty's path conversion, allowing remote attackers to relay NTLM credentials on affected installations. This requires user interaction, where the target must visit a malicious link.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-45301

GHSA-JF4M-M6RV-P6C5

ZDI-25-026

Affected Products

Mintty

References · 8

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2024/45xxx/CVE-2024-45301.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45301 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45301 · Security Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-026 · Security Note
• https://github.com/mintty/mintty/security/advisories/GHSA-jf4m-m6rv-p6c5 · Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1988721716810424704 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/CVEtracker/37165 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1877830247204241468 · Twitter Post