CVE-2017-8386

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-8386
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-06-01 16:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
Descriptiongit-shell in git before 2.4.12, 2.5.x before 2.5.6, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.8.x before 2.8.5, 2.9.x before 2.9.4, 2.10.x before 2.10.3, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.3 might allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a repository name that starts with a - (dash) character.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.8 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 16.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 17.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 24 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 25 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 26 All All All
Application Git Git-shell - All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Git Shell Bypass By Abusing Less (CVE-2017-8386) – Insinuator.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 insinuator.net Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: git-2.13.0-1.fc26 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Git CVE-2017-8386 Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 access.redhat.com
[ANNOUNCE] Git v2.12.3 and others - Junio C Hamano af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 public-inbox.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: git-2.9.4-1.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3848-1 git af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: git-2.7.5-1.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
USN-3287-1: Git vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
3ec804490a265f4c418a321428c12f3f18b7eff5 - pub/scm/git/git - Git at Google af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 kernel.googlesource.com Third Party Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2017:1422-1: moderate: Security update for git af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Git Lets Remote Authenticated Users Escape the 'git-shell' and Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory
Git: Security bypass (GLSA 201706-04) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 24 Update: git-2.7.5-1.fc24 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 26 Update: git-2.13.0-1.fc26 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 25 Update: git-2.9.4-1.fc25 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists MITRE lists.fedoraproject.org
[ANNOUNCE] Git v2.12.3 and others - Junio C Hamano MITRE public-inbox.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710369 Gentoo Linux Git Security bypass Vulnerability (GLSA 201706-04)
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