Security incident · CVE-2024-45301
Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin, MSYS, and WSL.
Published Nov 12, 2025 · catalog updated Nov 12, 2025 · Mintty Mintty
Last checked Oct 31, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-45301. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of Mintty Mintty is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- Medium5.3
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.31%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Mintty Mintty 2.3.6, < 3.7.5
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.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- vendor Mintty Mintty 2.3.6, < 3.7.52.3.6, < 3.7.5
How to fix CVE-2024-45301
Upgrade
CVE-2024-45301 lists a fix boundary at 3.7.5. Compare the installed build with that boundary before you change production.
Version check
Affected < 3.7.5
Advisory
Open the cve_org record and follow its fix.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2024-45301. EPSS is 0.31%. Act only if a listed version of Mintty Mintty is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Mintty Mintty 2.3.6, < 3.7.5 2.3.6, < 3.7.5. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.31%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Nov 12, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
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 passw
Nov 12, 2025 · EUVD
Updated
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 passw
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2024-45301
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2024-55068
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 p
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 31, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.
- CVE.orgOct 25, 2026
- EUVDOct 25, 2026