CVE-2015-7545
The (1) git-remote-ext and (2) unspecified other remote helper programs in Git before 2.3.10, 2.4.x before 2.4.10, 2.5.x before 2.5.4, and 2.6.x before 2.6.1 do not properly restrict the allowed protocols, which might allow remote attackers to execute…
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The (1) git-remote-ext and (2) unspecified other remote helper programs in Git before 2.3.10, 2.4.x before 2.4.10, 2.5.x before 2.5.4, and 2.6.x before 2.6.1 do not properly restrict the allowed protocols, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a URL in a (a) .gitmodules file or (b) unknown other sources in a submodule.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 18.67% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20, CWE-284
- Affected
- git project/git · redhat/software collections · canonical/ubuntu linux · opensuse/opensuse
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS moved from 17.6% on 21 September 2026 to 18.7% on 4 November 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00066.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2515.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3435
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/08/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/09/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/7
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/78711
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034501
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.533255
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2835-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1269794
- https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.10.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.10.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.4.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.6.1.txt
- https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git/+/33cfccbbf35a56e190b79bdec5c85457c952a021
- https://lkml.org/lkml/2015/10/5/683
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-01
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00066.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-2515.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3435
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/08/5
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/09/8
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/11/7
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.