CVE-2014-6274

Description

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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2014-09-09 | Published 2025-06-26 | Updated 2025-06-27 | Assigner debian

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References

git-annex.branchable.com/upgrades/insecure_embedded_creds/

cve.org (CVE-2014-6274)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2014-6274)

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