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CVE-2017-8386 Details

Description

git-shell in git before 2.4.12, 2.5.x before 2.5.6, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.8.x before 2.8.5, 2.9.x before 2.9.4, 2.10.x before 2.10.3, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.3 might allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a repository name that starts with a - (dash) character.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:8.8 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-05/msg00090.html	CVE	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://public-inbox.org/git/xmqq8tm5ziat.fsf%40gitster.mtv.corp.google.com/	CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2004	CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2491	CVE
https://insinuator.net/2017/05/git-shell-bypass-by-abusing-less-cve-2017-8386/	CVE	MitigationThird Party Advisory
https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git/+/3ec804490a265f4c418a321428c12f3f18b7eff5	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3ISHYFLM2ACYHHY3JHCLF75X7UF4ZMDM/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DPYRN7APMHY4ZFDPAKD22J5R4QJFY2JP/	CVE
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FDS3LSJJ3YGGQYIVPKQDVOCXWDSF6JGF/	CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-04	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3848	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98409	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038479	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3287-1	CVE	ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-05/msg00090.html	[email protected]	Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://public-inbox.org/git/xmqq8tm5ziat.fsf%40gitster.mtv.corp.google.com/	[email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2004	[email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2491	[email protected]
https://insinuator.net/2017/05/git-shell-bypass-by-abusing-less-cve-2017-8386/	[email protected]	MitigationThird Party Advisory
https://kernel.googlesource.com/pub/scm/git/git/+/3ec804490a265f4c418a321428c12f3f18b7eff5	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3ISHYFLM2ACYHHY3JHCLF75X7UF4ZMDM/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DPYRN7APMHY4ZFDPAKD22J5R4QJFY2JP/	[email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FDS3LSJJ3YGGQYIVPKQDVOCXWDSF6JGF/	[email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201706-04	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3848	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98409	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038479	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3287-1	[email protected]	ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
git git-shell	All versions
CPE cpe:2.3:a:git:git-shell:-:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
opensuse leap	42.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	14.04 16.04 16.10 17.04
CPE cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora	24 25 26
CPE cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:26:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

10 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 13, 2026	CVE Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 7, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 3, 2019	CWE Remap	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jan 5, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 1, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 13, 2017	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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