HIGH
git: gitweb multiple remote command injections (CVE-2008-5516 CVE-2008-5517)
Published Jan 20, 2009
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.35%
Description
The web interface in git (gitweb) 1.5.x before 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters related to git_search.
Affected products
No data.
AND
OR
- 0.99.9j
- 0.99.9k
- 0.99.9l
- 0.99.9m
- 0.99.9n
- 1.0.0
- 1.0.0b
- 1.0.3
- 1.0.4
- 1.0.5
- 1.0.6
- 1.0.7
- 1.0.8
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.2.6
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.1.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.2.1
- 1.4.2.2
- 1.4.2.3
- 1.4.2.4
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.3.1
- 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
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.0
- 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
- 1.5.3
- 1.5.3
- 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
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.4
- 1.5.4.1
- 1.5.4.2
- 1.5.4.3
- 1.5.4.4
- 1.5.4.5
- 1.5.4.6
- 1.5.4.7
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.5.1
- 1.5.5.2
- 1.5.5.3
- 1.5.5.4
- 1.5.5.5
- 1.5.5.6
- 1.5.6.1
- 1.5.6.2
- 1.5.6.3
- 1.5.6.4
- 0.6.0
- 0.7.0
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
4.35% 0.04351
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.04351
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 4.35% (0.04351) | 90.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.35% (0.04351) | 89.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.30% (0.01303) | 77.92th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.43% (0.02427) | 75.17th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.30% (0.01303) | 78.38th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.16% (0.01156) | 85.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Apr 16, 2024 | 1.16% (0.01156) | 84.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.16% (0.01156) | 82.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (2)
References (20)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512330 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=commitdiff%3Bh=c582abae x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33964 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34194 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4919 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0005 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1708 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/1 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/21/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/23/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500008/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0175 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5516 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479715 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2936 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5516
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5516
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jan 20, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Dec 12, 2008
Link CVE-2008-5516
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a