VulnerabilityModified

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…

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 4.12%

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

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 · 90th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-426
Affected: git-scm/git · canonical/ubuntu linux
Source: cve@mitre.org

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. Refreshed daily.