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CVE-2018-14912 in the critical feed json

cgit_clone_objects in CGit before 1.2.1 has a directory traversal vulnerability when `enable-http-clone=1` is not turned off, as demonstrat…

published 2018-08-03 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-6794

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
91.9%
EPSS 91.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99.8%
public exploits
2
Metasploit, Exploit-DB, plus a Nuclei check

Summary

cgit_clone_objects in CGit before 1.2.1 has a directory traversal vulnerability when `enable-http-clone=1` is not turned off, as demonstrated by a cgit/cgit.cgi/git/objects/?path=../ request.

Patch / fix

  • cgit_project cgit 1.2.1
  • cgit Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.1+git2.10.2-3.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14912

  • cgit Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.1+git2.10.2-3ubuntu0.1
  • cgit Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14912

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

  • cgit openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.2.3-1.10

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10679-1

  • cgit Alpine 3.5 1.0-r2
  • cgit Alpine 3.6 1.1-r2
  • cgit Alpine 3.7 1.1-r3
  • cgit Alpine 3.8 1.1-r4

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-14912

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • cgit Arch Linux 1.2.1-1

arch linux advisories AVG-745

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-2018-14912 updated cvss 7.5

cgit: directory traversal vulnerability in cgit < 1.2.1

  • 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

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (Metasploit auxiliary/scanner/http/cgit_traversal)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

91.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99.8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

Sources

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