4.6

CVE-2008-5916: git

CVSS: 4.6v2.0MediumModified
Published 21-01-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-5916 is a medium (CVSS 4.6) vulnerability in git. EPSS estimates a 0.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.6/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.46%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
DSA-1708-1

Timeline

  1. 21-01-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.46%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

38%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.46% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.46%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Git1 product
  • git1.4.3.1 | 1.4.3.2 | 1.4.3.3 | 1.4.3.4 | 1.4.3.5 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.4.1 | 1.4.4.2 | 1.4.4.3 | 1.4.4.4 | 1.5.0 | 1.5.0:rc2 | 1.5.0:rc3 | 1.5.0:rc4 | 1.5.0.1 | 1.5.0.2 | 1.5.0.3 | 1.5.0.4 | 1.5.0.5 | 1.5.0.6 | 1.5.0.7 | 1.5.1 | 1.5.1.1 | 1.5.1.2 | 1.5.1.3 | 1.5.1.4 | 1.5.1.5 | 1.5.1.6 | 1.5.2 | 1.5.2.1 | 1.5.2.2 | 1.5.2.3 | 1.5.2.4 | 1.5.2.5 | 1.5.3 | 1.5.3:rc4 | 1.5.3:rc5 | 1.5.3:rc7 | 1.5.3.1 | 1.5.3.2 | 1.5.3.3 | 1.5.3.4 | 1.5.3.5 | 1.5.3.6 | 1.5.3.7 | 1.5.3.8 | 1.5.4 | 1.5.4:rc0 | 1.5.4:rc1 | 1.5.4:rc1.1136.g2794 | 1.5.4:rc2 | 1.5.4:rc3 | 1.5.4:rc4 | 1.5.4:rc5 | 1.5.4.1 | 1.5.4.2 | 1.5.4.3 | 1.5.4.4 | 1.5.4.5 | 1.5.4.6 | 1.5.5 | 1.5.5:rc1 | 1.5.5:rc2 | 1.5.5:rc3 | 1.5.5.1 | 1.5.5.2 | 1.5.5.3 | 1.5.5.3:r1 | 1.5.5.4 | 1.5.5.5 | 1.5.6 | 1.5.6.1 | 1.5.6.2 | 1.5.6.3 | 1.5.6.4 | 1.5.6.5 | 1.6.0 | 1.6.0:rc1 | 1.6.0:rc2 | 1.6.0:rc3 | 1.6.0.1 | 1.6.0.2 | 1.6.0.3 | 1.6.0.4 | 1.6.0.5

1 vendor · 1 product

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