The vulnerability is client-based, meaning that neither GitHub.com nor GitHub Enterprises are directly affected.
Users of GitHub are advised to upgrade their clients as soon as possible to stay safe.
GitHub has released updated version for itsGitHub for WindowsandGitHub for Macclients.
you’ve got the option to refresh your respective clients by clicking on the respective hyperlinks.
Both the updates patch the vulnerability on the client systems, including the desktop tool and the command-line counterpart.
The two major Git libraries,libgit2andJGit, have also released new releases incorporating the fix.
source: www.techworm.net