CVE-2008-5916

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-01-21 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

gitweb/gitweb.perl in gitweb in Git 1.6.x before 1.6.0.6, 1.5.6.x before 1.5.6.6, 1.5.5.x before 1.5.5.6, 1.5.4.x before 1.5.4.7, and other versions after 1.4.3 allows local repository owners to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the diff.external configuration variable and executing a crafted gitweb query.

Affected products

Git: 1.4.3.1, 1.4.3.2, 1.4.3.3, 1.4.3.4, 1.4.3.5, 1.4.4 (+79)

References

http://marc.info/?l=git&m=122975564100860&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122975564100863&w=2:
http://osvdb.org/50918
http://secunia.com/advisories/33282
http://secunia.com/advisories/33964
http://secunia.com/advisories/34194
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4922
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/15/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47528

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