{"id":"CVE-2018-1000021","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-1000021","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:25:44.395Z","title":"GIT version 2.15.1 and earlier contains a Input Validation Error vulnerability in Client that can result in problems including messing up terminal configuration to RCE.","description":"GIT version 2.15.1 and earlier contains a Input Validation Error vulnerability in Client that can result in problems including messing up terminal configuration to RCE. This attack appear to be exploitable via The user must interact with a malicious git server, (or have their traffic modified in a MITM attack).","published":"2018-02-09T23:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:32:13.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["git-scm/git"],"epss":{"score":0.01074,"percentile":0.64771,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.batterystapl.es/2018/01/security-implications-of-ansi-escape.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.batterystapl.es/2018/01/security-implications-of-ansi-escape.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000021","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}