{"id":"CVE-2017-8386","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-8386","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T03:55:36.130Z","title":"git-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…","description":"git-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.","published":"2017-06-01T16:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:26:18.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["git/git-shell","opensuse/leap","debian/debian linux","canonical/ubuntu linux","fedoraproject/fedora"],"epss":{"score":0.12387,"percentile":0.9619,"date":"2026-10-28","history":[{"date":"2026-09-21","score":0.10261,"percentile":0.95537},{"date":"2026-09-22","score":0.12387,"percentile":0.96015}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 12.4%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. 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