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by threecheese 645 days ago
Because 1) the .git directory was deployed with the app code (the exploit vector), and 2) the deployment pipeline automatically integrated and pushed the attacker’s commit to a production system (completing the exploit), I’d say that claim is accurate. These are both defects in the thing the attacker claims to have exploited.

It sure wasn’t a good decision to use git-config to store creds for CI though! I wonder if OP found a developer’s old cached creds in the history that weren’t used anymore but happened to still be valid?