CVE-2018-19486
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 4.1% (pctl 91)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 4.12% — more likely to be exploited than 91% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-426 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2018-11-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (3)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| canonical | ubuntu linux |
| git-scm | git |
| linux | linux kernel |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106020
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042166
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3800
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=321fd82389742398d2924640ce3a61791fd27d60
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tree/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.2.txt
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-13
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3829-1/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106020
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042166
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3800
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=321fd82389742398d2924640ce3a61791fd27d60
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tree/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.2.txt
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-13
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3829-1/
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