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CVE-2008-5516
The web interface in git (gitweb) 1.5.x before 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters…
High7.5EPSS 4.4%
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- redhat
Description
The web interface in git (gitweb) 1.5.x before 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters related to git_search.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.7% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (17)
- DSA-1708 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479715 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-200903-15 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0005 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-0175 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=commitdiff%3Bh=c582abae (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 4919 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 34194 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 33964 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2009:001 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090123 Re: CVE request -- git (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20090113 rPSA-2009-0005-1 git gitweb (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512330 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090120 Re: CVE request -- git (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20090121 Re: CVE request -- git (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2936 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-723-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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