git: gitweb local privilege escalation
Published Jan 21, 2009
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.46%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- 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
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.5
- 1.5.5.1
- 1.5.5.2
- 1.5.5.3
- 1.5.5.3
- 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
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.0.1
- 1.6.0.2
- 1.6.0.3
- 1.6.0.4
- 1.6.0.5
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.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.46% (0.00458) | 37.42th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.46% (0.00458) | 36.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00063) | 16.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 30.08th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 21, 2024 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 28.17th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.06% (0.00064) | 26.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://marc.info/?l=git&m=122975564100860&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122975564100863&w=2: mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://osvdb.org/50918 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33282 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33964 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34194 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4922 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/15/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5916 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477523 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47528 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5916
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5916
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01169.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01170.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Change history (0)
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