Git LFS vulnerability allows attackers to compromise targets’ Windows systems (CVE-2020-27955)

A critical vulnerability (CVE-2020-27955) in Git Large File Storage (Git LFS), an open source Git extension for versioning large files, allows attackers to achieve remote code execution if the Windows-using victim is tricked into cloning the attacker&#… Continue reading Git LFS vulnerability allows attackers to compromise targets’ Windows systems (CVE-2020-27955)

How can the authenticity of releases on GitHub and GitLab be ensured? Can their hashsums change?

To help ensure authenticity of packages some projects on GitHub and on GitLab add hashsums to the descriptions of the release on the Releases page.
Sometimes, at least here, the hashsum are made part of the release’s filename. Sometimes, a… Continue reading How can the authenticity of releases on GitHub and GitLab be ensured? Can their hashsums change?

New Win10 and Old YubiKey4; trying to configure GPG Sign for existing key

I have been using a YubiKey 4 to sign git commits for a few years on Ubuntu.
I am setting up a new Windows10 machine and want to use the same signing key from Windows; however I cannot seem to point gpg at the YubiKey private signing key.
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How to find a specific file’s code in a website with a broken git commit? [migrated]

For a challenge I found that I was able to download files off of /.git/ After using the tools from GitTools I soon realised that my goal was to get to read config.inc.php file. But the problem is, I got index.php extracted but not config.i… Continue reading How to find a specific file’s code in a website with a broken git commit? [migrated]

git reflog is showing plain text password used as a secret texts or files in Jenkins

We are using Jenkins Freestyle Project to push the changes on the remote server. We are executing shell script on remote host using ssh for it. To pull the changes on the remote server, we are using origin url with git username and git pas… Continue reading git reflog is showing plain text password used as a secret texts or files in Jenkins