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CVE-2013-4451

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-09-21 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

gitolite commit fa06a34 through 3.5.3 might allow attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving world-writable permissions when creating (1) ~/.gitolite.rc, (2) ~/.gitolite, or (3) ~/repositories/gitolite-admin.git on fresh installs.

Affected products

• Gitolite: from 3.0 through 3.5.3

References

• https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/3dad4f8e3214d6ab5f71823019a624fa48b055a3
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/gitolite/Tu1sjaf7A4A/discussion
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/21/11
• https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63237
• https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/3dad4f8e3214d6ab5f71823019a624fa48b055a3
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/gitolite/Tu1sjaf7A4A/discussion
• https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/21/11
• https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/63237

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