CVE-2018-19486
Git before 2.19.2 on Linux and UNIX executes commands from the current working directory (as if '.' were at the end of $PATH) in certain cases involving the run_command() API and run-command.c, because there was a dangerous change from execvp to execv…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Git before 2.19.2 on Linux and UNIX executes commands from the current working directory (as if '.' were at the end of $PATH) in certain cases involving the run_command() API and run-command.c, because there was a dangerous change from execvp to execv during 2017.
- 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
- 4.12% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-426
- Affected
- git-scm/git · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 4.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106020Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042166Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3800Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=321fd82389742398d2924640ce3a61791fd27d60Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tree/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.2.txtRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-13
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3829-1/Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106020Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042166Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3800Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=321fd82389742398d2924640ce3a61791fd27d60Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tree/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.2.txtRelease Notes, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-13
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3829-1/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.