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CVE-2018-19486
Git before 2.19.2 on Linux and UNIX executes commands from the current working directory (as if '.' were at the end of $PATH) in certain…
Critical9.8EPSS 4.1%
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- mitre
Description
Git before 2.19.2 on Linux and UNIX executes commands from the current working directory (as if '.' were at the end of $PATH) in certain cases involving the run_command() API and run-command.c, because there was a dangerous change from execvp to execv during 2017.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.1% · top 9.2% 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: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=321fd82389742398d2924640ce3a61791fd27d60 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 106020 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tree/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.2.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1042166 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- RHSA-2018:3800 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- USN-3829-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- GLSA-201904-13 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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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