CVE-2008-5916
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6EPSS 0.5%EU EUVD
gitweb/gitweb.perl in gitweb in Git 1.6.x before 1.6.0.6, 1.5.6.x before 1.5.6.6, 1.5.5.x before 1.5.5.6, 1.5.4.x before 1.5.4.7, and other versions after 1.4.3 allows local repository owners to execute arbitrary commands by modifying the diff.external configuration variable and executing a crafted gitweb query.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 4.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.5% (40th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-5886)
- Published
- January 21, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-5886 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 35 more…
References
- http://marc.info/?l=git&m=122975564100860&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=122975564100863&w=2:
- http://osvdb.org/50918
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33282
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33964
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34194
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4922
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/15/2
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/47528
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01169.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg01170.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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