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CVE-2015-8969

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 4.8% (pctl 92)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

Description

git-fastclone before 1.0.5 passes user modifiable strings directly to a shell command. An attacker can execute malicious commands by modifying the strings that are passed as arguments to "cd " and "git clone " commands in the library.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS4.8% — more likely to be exploited than 92% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-77
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2016-11-03
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (1)

VendorProduct
squareupgit-fastclone

References

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