CVE-2008-5516
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 4.4%EU EUVD
The web interface in git (gitweb) 1.5.x before 1.5.5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters related to git_search.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-78
- EPSS score
- 4.4% (91th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5492)
- Published
- January 20, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5492 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
- git / git
and 67 more…
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512330
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00002.html
- http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=commitdiff%3Bh=c582abae
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33964(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34194(Vendor Advisory)
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4919
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0005
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1708
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/21/7
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/23/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500008/100/0/threaded
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0175(Vendor Advisory)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479715
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2936
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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