A malicious third-party can give a crafted "ssh://..." URL to an unsuspecting victim, and an attempt to visit the URL can result in any program that exists on the victim's machine being executed. Such a URL could be placed in the .gitmodules file of a malicious project, and an unsuspecting victim could be tricked into running "git clone --recurse-submodules" to trigger the vulnerability.
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 8.8
- CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | — | Upgrade git | Aug 22, 2024 | Oct 4, 2017 |
| Amazon_linux | — | Upgrade git | Dec 20, 2017 | Aug 31, 2017 |
| Arch Linux | — | Upgrade to the latest version of Arch Linux | Jul 11, 2025 | Oct 4, 2017 |
| Centos_linux | — | Upgrade perl-GitUpgrade emacs-gitUpgrade git-debuginfoUpgrade gitwebUpgrade gitkUpgrade gitUpgrade git-p4Upgrade git-hgUpgrade emacs-git-elUpgrade git-allUpgrade git-daemonUpgrade git-emailUpgrade git-svnUpgrade git-guiUpgrade git-cvsUpgrade git-bzrUpgrade perl-Git-SVN | Aug 28, 2019 | Oct 5, 2017 |
| Debian | — | Upgrade git | Dec 4, 2017 | Aug 10, 2017 |
| Gentoo Linux | — | Upgrade dev-vcs/git. | Oct 30, 2017 | Oct 4, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1 | — | Upgrade git | Nov 30, 2017 | Oct 4, 2017 |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp2 | — | Upgrade git | Nov 30, 2017 | Oct 4, 2017 |
| Oracle Solaris | — | Upgrade entire/ to version 11.4-11.4.0.0.1.15.0 on Solaris 11.4Upgrade developer/versioning/cvs to version 1.12.13-0.175.3.24.0.3.0 on Solaris 11.3 | Sep 19, 2017 | Sep 19, 2017 |
| Oracle_linux | — | Upgrade git-cvsUpgrade git-allUpgrade git-emailUpgrade gitUpgrade emacs-git-elUpgrade git-p4Upgrade perl-GitUpgrade emacs-gitUpgrade gitkUpgrade git-daemonUpgrade git-hgUpgrade gitwebUpgrade git-svnUpgrade perl-Git-SVNUpgrade git-bzrUpgrade git-gui | Dec 20, 2017 | Aug 10, 2017 |
| Redhat_linux | — | Upgrade git-bzrUpgrade perl-Git-SVNUpgrade git-debuginfoUpgrade git-cvsUpgrade git-daemonUpgrade git-guiUpgrade git-emailUpgrade git-hgUpgrade git-svnUpgrade git-p4Upgrade perl-GitUpgrade emacs-git-elUpgrade git-allUpgrade gitUpgrade gitwebUpgrade gitkUpgrade emacs-git | Jan 17, 2018 | Aug 16, 2017 |
| Suse | — | Upgrade git-docUpgrade git-daemonUpgrade git-coreUpgrade git-svnUpgrade git-webUpgrade git-archUpgrade gitUpgrade git-cvsUpgrade git-guiUpgrade git-emailUpgrade gitk | Jan 26, 2018 | Aug 21, 2017 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade git | Dec 20, 2017 | Aug 11, 2017 |
| Vmware Photon_os | — | Use 'tdnf update' to upgrade all packages to the latest version. | Aug 25, 2025 | Oct 4, 2017 |
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