CVE-2017-14867

8.8 highEPSS 36%

High (8.8). EPSS 36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Git before 2.10.5, 2.11.x before 2.11.4, 2.12.x before 2.12.5, 2.13.x before 2.13.6, and 2.14.x before 2.14.2 uses unsafe Perl scripts to support subcommands such as cvsserver, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in a module name. The vulnerable code is reachable via git-shell even without CVS support.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

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

EPSS: 36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 98% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-78
Published: 2017-09-29
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

debian:debian_linux
git-scm:git

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/09/26/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101060
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039431
https://bugs.debian.org/876854
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2017/msg00246.html

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