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Fencer Vulns
high 8.1

CVE-2018-20683 json

commands/rsync in Gitolite before 3.6.11, if .gitolite.rc enables rsync, mishandles the rsync command line, which allows attackers to have…

published 2019-01-10 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-13230

cvss
8.1
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.0%
EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 80%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

commands/rsync in Gitolite before 3.6.11, if .gitolite.rc enables rsync, mishandles the rsync command line, which allows attackers to have a "bad" impact by triggering use of an option other than -v, -n, -q, or -P.

Patch / fix

  • gitolite gitolite 3.6.11
  • gitolite3 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.6.11-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-20683

  • gitolite openSUSE Tumbleweed 3.6.12-1.6
  • gitolite Package Hub 15, openSUSE Leap 15.0 3.6.11-bp150.3.6.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10789-1openSUSE-SU-2019:0054-1

  • gitolite Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +16 more 3.6.11-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-20683

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org 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-2018-20683 updated cvss 5.6

gitolite: security issue in optional bundle helper ("rsync" command)

  • 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

Exploit prediction

2.01% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 8.1 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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