CVE-2015-8969

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

git-fastclone before 1.0.5 passes user modifiable strings directly to a shell command. An attacker can execute malicious commands by modifying the strings that are passed as arguments to "cd " and "git clone " commands in the library.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-77

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	git-fastclone ruby gem All versions before 1.0.5	git-fastclone ruby gem All versions before 1.0.5

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81433Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/square/git-fastclone/pull/5Vendor Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/105190Exploit, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81433Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://github.com/square/git-fastclone/pull/5Vendor Advisory
https://hackerone.com/reports/105190Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Nov 3, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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