CVE-2024-45301

ZDI-CAN-24744: Mintty Path Conversion Improper Input Validation Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Published Nov 12, 2025 CVSS 3.1 · 5.3 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin, MSYS, and WSL. In versions 2.3.6 through 3.7.4, several escape sequences can cause the mintty process to access a file in a specific path. It is triggered by simply printing them out on bash. An attacker can specify an arbitrary network path, negotiate an ntlm hash out of the victim's machine to an attacker controlled remote host. An attacker can use password cracking tools or NetNTLMv2 hashes to Pass the Hash. Version 3.7.5 fixes the issue.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Mintty Project
Mintty Project mintty
Vendors & Products Mintty Project
Mintty Project mintty
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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Description Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin, MSYS, and WSL. In versions 2.3.6 through 3.7.4, several escape sequences can cause the mintty process to access a file in a specific path. It is triggered by simply printing them out on bash. An attacker can specify an arbitrary network path, negotiate an ntlm hash out of the victim's machine to an attacker controlled remote host. An attacker can use password cracking tools or NetNTLMv2 hashes to Pass the Hash. Version 3.7.5 fixes the issue.
Title ZDI-CAN-24744: Mintty Path Conversion Improper Input Validation Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Weaknesses CWE-20
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Nov 12, 2025, 9:04 PM
Reserved
Aug 26, 2024, 6:25 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Nov 12, 2025, 7:15 PM
Modified
Nov 8, 2026, 8:10 PM