CVE-2018-14912 — cgit_clone_objects in CGit before 1

cgit_clone_objects in CGit before 1.2.1 has a directory traversal vulnerability when `enable-http-clone=1` is not turned off, as demonstrated by a cgit/cgit.cgi/git/objects/?path=../ request.

01What is this vulnerability?

cgit_clone_objects in CGit before 1.2.1 has a directory traversal vulnerability when `enable-http-clone=1` is not turned off, as demonstrated by a cgit/cgit.cgi/git/objects/?path=../ request.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2018-08-03T19:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-05T09:46:25.186Z

09References

• lists.debian.org — https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/08/msg00005.html
• www.exploit-db.com — https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/45195/
• www.debian.org — https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4263
• bugs.chromium.org — https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1627
• lists.zx2c4.com — https://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2018-August/004176.html