CVE-2018-19486

Critical

Description

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.

SeverityCritical

CVSS9.8

Exploit probability—

ProductGit

PublishedNov 23, 2018

First seenNov 23, 2018

How to fix

Update

git-scm git2.19.2 or later

Vendor advisories

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3800
usn.ubuntu.com/3829-1/
security.gentoo.org/glsa/201904-13

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
git-scm git	v < 2.19.2	2.19.2
canonical ubuntu_linux	18.04, 18.10	—

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