CVE-2014-6274 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2014-6274

S3 and Glacier remotes creds embedded in the git repo were not encrypted

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

git-annex
Vulnerable Versions:
3.20121126

Timeline

Official Publish: June 26th, 2025
Last Modified: June 27th, 2025
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

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Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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