RCE in Git

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 related to git_search.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.044 (90.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Git — versions 0.99.9j, 0.99.9k, 0.99.9l
  • Git-scm Git — versions 0.6.0, 0.7.0
  • Rpath Linux — versions 2
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References