What is CVE-2018-10857?

CVE-2018-10857 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Git-Annex Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-07-16.

How severe is CVE-2018-10857?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Git-Annex Project

CVE-2018-10857

git-annex is vulnerable to a private data exposure and exfiltration attack. It could expose the content of files located outside the git-annex repository, or content from a private web server on localhost or the LAN.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2018-07-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00004.html (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10857?: CVE-2018-10857 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Git-Annex Project, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-07-16.
How severe is CVE-2018-10857?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.