Git v2.53 with Zat v1.00

Git for Windows v2.53.0(2) with Zat v1.00

Git for Windows v2.53.0(2)

Changes since Git for Windows v2.53.0 (February 2nd 2026):

This is a security fix release, addressing CVE-2025-66413.

  * CVE-2025-66413, Git for Windows: When a user clones a repository
    from an attacker-controlled server, Git may attempt NTLM
    authentication and disclose the user's NTLMv2 hash to the remote
    server. Since NTLM hashing is weak, the captured hash can
    potentially be brute-forced to recover the user's credentials. This
    is addressed by disabling NTLM authentication by default.

Git 2.53

Git for Windows v2.53.0

Changes since Git for Windows v2.52.0 (November 17th 2025)

New Features

  * Comes with Git v2.53.0.
  * Pressing the Tab key in an empty line in Git Bash no longer causes
    the session to "freeze".
  * Git for Windows' installer is now built by InnoSetup v6.6.1.
  * Comes with cURL v8.18.0.
  * Microsoft Edit can now be specified as Git editor.
  * Comes with Git Credential Manager v2.7.0, the "anniversary release"
    after one release-less year, which brings native x64 and ARM64
    binaries for the respective flavors of Git for Windows.
  * Upgrades the memory allocator mimalloc that is used by Git for
    Windows to v2.2.7.
  * Comes with the MSYS2 runtime (Git for Windows flavor) based on
    Cygwin v3.6.6.
  * Comes with OpenSSL v3.5.5.

Bug Fixes

  * The installer of Git for Windows v2.52 showed clipped text in some
    setups, which was fixed.
  * When calling Microsoft Store apps, their standard I/O is now set up
    correctly (meaning: You can call an interactive Python interpreter
    without the winpty hack mentioned in the release notes' Known
    Issues).
  * The astextplain tool (which is used by Git for Windows to generate
    diffs of .pdf and .doc files) used to handle empty files
    gracefully. This behavior is now reinstated.