CVE-2018-20683

HighCVSS 8.1/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

commands/rsync in Gitolite before 3.6.11, if .gitolite.rc enables rsync, mishandles the rsync command line, which allows attackers to have a "bad" impact by triggering use of an option other than -v, -n, -q, or -P.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 8.1/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

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

References

https://bugs.debian.org/918849Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/blob/master/CHANGELOGThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/5df2b817255ee919991da6c310239e08c8fcc1aePatch, Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/gitolite-announce/6xbjjmpLePQ
https://bugs.debian.org/918849Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/blob/master/CHANGELOGThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/5df2b817255ee919991da6c310239e08c8fcc1aePatch, Third Party Advisory
https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/gitolite-announce/6xbjjmpLePQ

Timeline

Published: Jan 10, 2019
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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