CVE-2018-19486
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CVE-2018-19486
Published: 23 Nov 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
Summary:
Details: Git before 2.19.2 on Linux and UNIX executes commands from the current working directory (as if '.' were at the end of $PATH) in certain cases involving the run_command() API and run-command.c, because there was a dangerous change from execvp to execv during 2017.
References: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3800, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tree/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.2.txt, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-13, https://usn.ubuntu.com/3829-1/, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106020, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042166, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/commit/?id=321fd82389742398d2924640ce3a61791fd27d60
Affected packages
Package
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Affected ranges
Affected versions
v0.99
v0.99.1
v0.99.2
v0.99.3
v0.99.4
v0.99.5
v0.99.6
v0.99.7
v0.99.8
v0.99.8a
v0.99.8b
v0.99.8c
v0.99.8d
v0.99.8e
v0.99.8f
v0.99.8g
v0.99.9a
v0.99.9b
v0.99.9c
v0.99.9d
v0.99.9e
v0.99.9f
v0.99.9g
v0.99.9h
v0.99.9i
v0.99.9j
v0.99.9k
v0.99.9l
v0.99.9m
v0.99.9n
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
