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CVE-2017-8386
git-shell in git before 2.4.12, 2.5.x before 2.5.6, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.8.x before 2.8.5, 2.9.x before 2.9.4, 2.10.x…
High8.8EPSS 12.4%
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
git-shell in git before 2.4.12, 2.5.x before 2.5.6, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.8.x before 2.8.5, 2.9.x before 2.9.4, 2.10.x before 2.10.3, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.3 might allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a repository name that starts with a - (dash) character.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 12.4% · top 3.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- [git] 20170510 [ANNOUNCE] Git v2.12.3 and others (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- USN-3287-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- FEDORA-2017-01a7989fc0 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2017-f4319b6dfc (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-201706-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- FEDORA-2017-7ea0e02914 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://insinuator.net/2017/05/git-shell-bypass-by-abusing-less-cve-2017-8386/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git/+/3ec804490a265f4c418a321428c12f3f18b7eff5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1038479 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2491 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2017:1422 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2017:2004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 98409 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- DSA-3848 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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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