CVE-2013-2117

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-08-09 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-22

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the cgit_parse_readme function in ui-summary.c in cgit before 0.9.2, when a readme file is set to a filesystem path, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the url parameter.

Affected products

Jason A Donenfeld Cgit: through 0.9.1
Lars Hjemli Cgit: 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5, 0.6 (+22)

References

http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?h=wip&id=babf94e04e74123eb658a823213c062663cdadd6
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00061.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00012.html
http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2013-May/001394.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/54186
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/27/3
http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit/?h=wip&id=babf94e04e74123eb658a823213c062663cdadd6
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00061.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00012.html
http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2013-May/001394.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/54186
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/27/3

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