Critical severity · published Nov 23, 2018
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 cases involving the run_command() API and…
9.8
CVSS
4.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.1% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
GI
Git · Git-scm
before 2.19.2 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
18.04; 18.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19486
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19486
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106020
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042166
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3800
Mailing List
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=321fd82389742398d2924640ce3a61791fd27d60
Release Notes
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tree/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.2.txt
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-13
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