CVE-2008-5517

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-01-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The web interface in git (gitweb) 1.5.x before 1.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters related to (1) git_snapshot and (2) git_object.

Affected products

Git: 1.5.0, 1.5.0-rc2, 1.5.0-rc3, 1.5.0-rc4, 1.5.0.1, 1.5.0.2 (+45)

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512330
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00002.html
http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=commitdiff%3Bh=516381d5
http://secunia.com/advisories/33964
http://secunia.com/advisories/34194
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0005
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1708
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/21/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/23/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500008/100/0/threaded

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