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CVE-2017-8386

git: Escape out of git-shell

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · May 5, 2017

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the way git-shell handled command-line options for the restricted set of git-shell commands. A remote, authenticated attacker could use this flaw to bypass git-shell restrictions, to view and manipulate files, by abusing the instance of the less command launched using crafted command-line options.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE not specified