CVE-2018-17456

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Git before 2.14.5, 2.15.x before 2.15.3, 2.16.x before 2.16.5, 2.17.x before 2.17.2, 2.18.x before 2.18.1, and 2.19.x before 2.19.1 allows remote code execution during processing of a recursive "git clone" of a superproject if a .gitmodules file has a URL field beginning with a '-' character.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-88

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 6, 2018
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2018-17456: Critical severity, CVSS 9.8 | Vulnix