GitLab not affected by Git vulnerability CVE-2014-9390

A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in all versions of the official Git client, affecting those using Git on case-insensitive or case-normalizing filesystems like macOS (HFS+ not formatted as case-sensitive) and Microsoft Windows (NTFS, FAT). This vulnerability allows attackers to create a malicious Git tree that can overwrite the .git/config directory during cloning or checkout, potentially leading to arbitrary command execution on the client's machine. GitLab.com and its related editions are not directly impacted due to their server-side operations, but users are strongly advised to update their Git clients to the latest maintenance releases, which address this issue. Linux clients running on case-sensitive filesystems are not affected. The Git core team has released updates across all current versions of Git, along with maintenance updates for major Git libraries, libgit2 and JGit, to rectify the problem. Users are encouraged to exercise caution when dealing with repositories from untrusted sources and can reach out to GitLab support for further assistance.

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