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CVE-2018-20683

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-01-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

commands/rsync in Gitolite before 3.6.11, if .gitolite.rc enables rsync, mishandles the rsync command line, which allows attackers to have a "bad" impact by triggering use of an option other than -v, -n, -q, or -P.

Affected products

• Gitolite: before 3.6.11 — fixed in 3.6.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Gitolite 3.6.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bugs.debian.org/918849
• https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/blob/master/CHANGELOG
• https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/5df2b817255ee919991da6c310239e08c8fcc1ae
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/gitolite-announce/6xbjjmpLePQ
• https://bugs.debian.org/918849
• https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/blob/master/CHANGELOG
• https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/5df2b817255ee919991da6c310239e08c8fcc1ae
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/gitolite-announce/6xbjjmpLePQ

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