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high 7.6

CVE-2024-4981 json

Pagure: _update_file_in_git() follows symbolic links in temporary clones

published 2025-05-12 17 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2025-14275

cvss
7.6
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was discovered in Pagure server. If a malicious user were to submit a git repository with symbolic links, the server could unintentionally show incorporate and make visible content from outside the git repo.

Patch / fix

  • redhat pagure 5.14.1
  • pagure Debian 13 5.14.1+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2024-4981

  • pagure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.11.3+dfsg-1ubuntu0.1
  • pagure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 5.11.3+dfsg-2.1ubuntu0.2
  • pagure Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS 5.8.1+dfsg-3ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2024-4981

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2024-4981 updated cvss 7.6

pagure: _update_file_in_git() follows symbolic links in temporary clones

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
17 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • bugzilla.redhat.com https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2280723 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.6 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
NVD 3.1 7.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-552 Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

References

Sources

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