Merge tag 'v2.55.0.windows.4'

Git for Windows v2.55.0(4)

Changes since Git for Windows v2.55.0(3) (July 14th 2026):

Following the MSYS2 project, on which Git for Windows is based, Windows
8.1 support will be dropped after Git for Windows v2.55.

This is a security fix release, addressing CVE-2026-62960.

  * CVE-2026-62960, Git for Windows: Attacker-controlled servers may
    advertise bundle URIs that point to network shares, causing Windows
    to transparently perform NTLM authentication and disclose the
    user's NTLMv2 hash. Since NTLM hashing is weak, the captured hash
    can potentially be brute-forced to recover the user's credentials.
    This is addressed by limiting the bundle URIs that git clone
    respects by the same protocol.<name>.allow rules as usual, which
    excludes file:// URIs by default.

Signed-off-by: Johannes Schindelin <johannes.schindelin@gmx.de>

Author: dscho

bundle-uri.c

@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 #include "remote.h"
 #include "trace2.h"
 #include "odb.h"
+#include "transport.h"
+#include "url.h"
 
 static struct {
 	enum bundle_list_heuristic heuristic;
@@ -890,11 +892,59 @@ int fetch_bundle_uri(struct repository *r, const char *uri,
 	return result;
 }
 
+/* protocol of 'uri', or "file" if it has none (bare/UNC/relative path) */
+static void bundle_uri_protocol(const char *uri, struct strbuf *out)
+{
+	const char *p = uri;
+
+	while (is_urlschemechar(p == uri, *p))
+		p++;
+	strbuf_reset(out);
+	if (p > uri && starts_with(p, "://"))
+		strbuf_add(out, uri, p - uri);
+	else
+		strbuf_addstr(out, "file");
+}
+
+/* Drop advertised URIs whose protocol is not allowed (see protocol.*.allow). */
+static void sanitize_bundle_list(struct bundle_list *list)
+{
+	struct remote_bundle_info **skipped;
+	size_t nr = 0, i;
+	struct remote_bundle_info *info;
+	struct hashmap_iter iter;
+	struct strbuf proto = STRBUF_INIT;
+
+	ALLOC_ARRAY(skipped, hashmap_get_size(&list->bundles));
+	hashmap_for_each_entry(&list->bundles, &iter, info, ent) {
+		if (!info->uri)
+			continue;
+		bundle_uri_protocol(info->uri, &proto);
+		/* advertised URIs are not user-provided */
+		if (!is_transport_allowed(proto.buf, 0)) {
+			warning(_("skipping bundle URI '%s': protocol '%s' "
+				  "is not allowed"), info->uri, proto.buf);
+			skipped[nr++] = info;
+		}
+	}
+	strbuf_release(&proto);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+		hashmap_remove(&list->bundles, &skipped[i]->ent, NULL);
+		clear_remote_bundle_info(skipped[i], NULL);
+		free(skipped[i]);
+	}
+
+	free(skipped);
+}
+
 int fetch_bundle_list(struct repository *r, struct bundle_list *list)
 {
 	int result;
 	struct bundle_list global_list;
 
+	sanitize_bundle_list(list);
+
 	/*
 	 * If the creationToken heuristic is used, then the URIs
 	 * advertised by 'list' are not nested lists and instead

t/lib-bundle-uri-protocol.sh

@@ -214,3 +214,59 @@ test_expect_success "test bundle-uri with $BUNDLE_URI_PROTOCOL:// using protocol
 		>actual &&
 	test_cmp_config_output expect actual
 '
+
+# Advertised bundle URIs are subject to protocol.*.allow; "file" (and bare or
+# UNC paths) is denied by default, so such a URI must be skipped, not fetched.
+advertise_uri () {
+	test_config -C "$BUNDLE_URI_PARENT" bundle.version 1 &&
+	test_config -C "$BUNDLE_URI_PARENT" bundle.mode all &&
+	test_config -C "$BUNDLE_URI_PARENT" bundle.payload.uri "$1"
+}
+
+ignores_advertised_uri () {
+	rm -rf victim &&
+	advertise_uri "$1" &&
+	git -c transfer.bundleURI=true -c protocol.version=2 \
+		clone "$BUNDLE_URI_REPO_URI" victim &&
+	git -C victim for-each-ref refs/bundles/ >refs &&
+	test_must_be_empty refs
+}
+
+test_expect_success "create bundle to advertise" '
+	git -C "$BUNDLE_URI_PARENT" bundle create "$PWD/payload.bundle" main
+'
+
+test_expect_success "ignore non-HTTP(S) bundle URI with $BUNDLE_URI_PROTOCOL://" '
+	ignores_advertised_uri "$PWD/payload.bundle" &&
+	ignores_advertised_uri "file://$PWD/payload.bundle"
+'
+
+test_expect_success "protocol.file.allow=always honors file bundle URI with $BUNDLE_URI_PROTOCOL://" '
+	rm -rf victim &&
+	advertise_uri "$PWD/payload.bundle" &&
+	git -c transfer.bundleURI=true -c protocol.version=2 \
+		-c protocol.file.allow=always \
+		clone "$BUNDLE_URI_REPO_URI" victim &&
+	git -C victim rev-parse --verify refs/bundles/heads/main
+'
+
+# same path via a UNC administrative share (cf. t5580-unc-paths.sh)
+if test_have_prereq CYGWIN
+then
+	UNCPATH="$(cygpath -aw .)"
+elif test_have_prereq MINGW
+then
+	UNCPATH="$(pwd)"
+fi
+case "$UNCPATH" in
+[A-Za-z]:*)
+	WITHOUTDRIVE="${UNCPATH#?:}"
+	UNCPATH="//localhost/${UNCPATH%%:*}\$$WITHOUTDRIVE"
+	test -d "$UNCPATH" && test_set_prereq ADMIN_UNC
+	;;
+esac
+
+test_expect_success ADMIN_UNC "ignore UNC bundle URI with $BUNDLE_URI_PROTOCOL://" '
+	ignores_advertised_uri "$UNCPATH/payload.bundle" &&
+	ignores_advertised_uri "file://$UNCPATH/payload.bundle"
+'