CVE-2018-14912 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

cgit_clone_objects in CGit before 1.2.1 has a directory traversal vulnerability when `enable-http-clone=1` is not turned off, as demonstrated by a cgit/cgit.cgi/git/objects/?path=../ request.

Published: 2018-08-03

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 92.9% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cgit_project:cgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Debian DLA	DLA-1459-1	cgit security update
Debian DSA	DSA-4263-1	cgit security update

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.9288.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1627
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00005.html
https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2018-August/004176.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4263
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45195/

History

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Subscriptions

Cgit Project Cgit

Debian Debian Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-08-03T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T09:46:25.186Z

Reserved: 2018-08-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-14912

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-08-03T19:29:00.793

Modified: 2026-06-17T01:41:52.780

Link: CVE-2018-14912

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

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