CVE-2018-17456
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 59.2%git - security update
Published: 10/6/2018Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
Git before 2.14.5, 2.15.x before 2.15.3, 2.16.x before 2.16.5, 2.17.x before 2.17.2, 2.18.x before 2.18.1, and 2.19.x before 2.19.1 allows remote code execution during processing of a recursive "git clone" of a superproject if a .gitmodules file has a URL field beginning with a '-' character.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/gitfrom 0, < 2.19.1-r0
- Debian/gitfrom 0, < 1:2.19.1-1
- Debian/gitfrom 0, < 1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u7
- Debian/gitfrom 0, < 1:2.11.0-3+deb9u4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |