CVE-2018-14912 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 92% (pctl 100)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
cgit_clone_objects in CGit before 1.2.1 has a directory traversal vulnerability when `enable-http-clone=1` is not turned off, as demonstrated by a cgit/cgit.cgi/git/objects/?path=../ request.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| EPSS | 92.03% — more likely to be exploited than 100% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-22 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2018-08-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cgit project | cgit |
| debian | debian linux |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | cgit 1.2.1 - Directory Traversal (Metasploit) | 2018-08-14 |
References
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1627
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00005.html
- https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2018-August/004176.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4263
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45195/
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1627
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00005.html
- https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2018-August/004176.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4263
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45195/
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