CVE-2024-45301 MEDIUM

CVE-2024-45301: ZDI-CAN-24744: Mintty Path Conversion Improper Input Validation Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Vendor Mintty
Product mintty
Weakness CWE-20 · Input validation
Published November 12, 2025
Last update November 12, 2025

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Confidentiality High
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

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.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

November 12, 2025 CVE published
November 12, 2025 Record updated