UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19486

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-19486

    Published: 23 Nov 2018Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-19486
    Aliases:
    USN-3829-1

    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://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-19486, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/git/git.git/tree/Documentation/RelNotes/2.19.2.txt, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3829-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-19486

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: git

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/git@1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4

    Affected versions

    1:2.14.1-1ubuntu4

    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