{"id":"CVE-2018-16976","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-16976","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:04:52.066Z","title":"This can allow valid users to obtain unintended access.","description":"Gitolite before 3.6.9 does not (in certain configurations involving @all or a regex) properly restrict access to a Git repository that is in the process of being migrated until the full set of migration steps has been completed. This can allow valid users to obtain unintended access.","published":"2018-09-12T22:29:01.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:45:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.1,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-362"],"affected":["gitolite/gitolite"],"epss":{"score":0.01166,"percentile":0.67153,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/908699","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/dc13dfca8fdae5634bb0865f7e9822d2a268ed59","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/gitolite-announce/WrwDTYdbfRg","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/908699","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/dc13dfca8fdae5634bb0865f7e9822d2a268ed59","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/gitolite-announce/WrwDTYdbfRg","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16976","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."}