THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-8386
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-8386

Git Shell vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
12.4%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
git-shell in git before 2.4.12, 2.5.x before 2.5.6, 2.6.x before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.5, 2.8.x before 2.8.5, 2.9.x before 2.9.4, 2.10.x before 2.10.3, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.3 might allow remote authenticated users to gain privileges via a repository name that starts with a - (dash) character.
Affected vendor
Git
Affected product
Git Shell
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2017-06-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 12.4% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-8386

  • Confirm whether Git Git Shell is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-8386.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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