CVE-2018-17456
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17456
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-17456.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-17456
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-10-06T14:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-22T18:01:15.885018Z
- Severity
-
- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152173/Sourcetree-Git-Arbitrary-Code-Execution-URL-Handling.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105523
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107511
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041811
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3408
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3505
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3541
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0316
- https://github.com/git/git/commit/1a7fd1fb2998002da6e9ff2ee46e1bdd25ee8404
- https://github.com/git/git/commit/a124133e1e6ab5c7a9fef6d0e6bcb084e3455b46
- https://marc.info/?l=git&m=153875888916397&w=2
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/30
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3791-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4311
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45548/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45631/
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/10/06/3
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html
Affected packages
Git / github.com/git-for-windows/git
Git / github.com/git-for-windows/git
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/git/git
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedFixedFixed
Affected versions
gitgui-0.*
gitgui-0.10.0
gitgui-0.10.1
gitgui-0.10.2
gitgui-0.11.0
gitgui-0.12.0
gitgui-0.13.0
gitgui-0.14.0
gitgui-0.15.0
gitgui-0.16.0
gitgui-0.17.0
gitgui-0.18.0
gitgui-0.19.0
gitgui-0.20.0
gitgui-0.21.0
gitgui-0.6.0
gitgui-0.6.1
gitgui-0.6.2
gitgui-0.6.3
gitgui-0.6.4
gitgui-0.6.5
gitgui-0.7.0
gitgui-0.7.0-rc1
gitgui-0.7.1
gitgui-0.7.2
gitgui-0.7.3
gitgui-0.7.4
gitgui-0.7.5
gitgui-0.8.0
gitgui-0.8.1
gitgui-0.8.2
gitgui-0.8.3
gitgui-0.8.4
gitgui-0.9.0
gitgui-0.9.1
gitgui-0.9.2
gitgui-0.9.3
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Database specific
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