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CVE-2018-11233 json

In Git before 2.13.7, 2.14.x before 2.14.4, 2.15.x before 2.15.2, 2.16.x before 2.16.4, and 2.17.x before 2.17.1, code to sanity-check path…

published 2018-05-30 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-3273

cvss
7.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.3%
EPSS 4.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In Git before 2.13.7, 2.14.x before 2.14.4, 2.15.x before 2.15.2, 2.16.x before 2.16.4, and 2.17.x before 2.17.1, code to sanity-check pathnames on NTFS can result in reading out-of-bounds memory.

Patch / fix

  • git Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:2.17.1-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2018-11233

  • git Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:1.9.1-1ubuntu0.8
  • git Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.4
  • git Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2018-11233

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • rh-git29-git RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.9.3-4.el6
  • rh-git29-git RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.9.3-4.el7
  • rh-git29-gitk RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.9.3-4.el6
  • rh-git29-gitk RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.9.3-4.el7
  • rh-git29-git-p4 RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.9.3-4.el6
  • rh-git29-git-p4 RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.9.3-4.el7
  • rh-git29-gitweb RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.9.3-4.el6
  • rh-git29-gitweb RHEL 3 SOFTWARE_COLLECTIONS 2.9.3-4.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2018:2147

  • git SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP1, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP1 2.26.1-3.25.2
  • git SLES 12 SP3, SLES 12 SP2-BCL, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3 +10 more 2.12.3-27.14.1
  • git SLE Module for Development Tools 15, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 2.16.4-3.3.2

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2020:1121-1SUSE-SU-2018:1566-2SUSE-SU-2018:1872-1SUSE-SU-2018:1566-1

  • git openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.33.0-1.3
  • git openSUSE Leap 15.1 2.26.1-lp151.4.9.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10786-1openSUSE-SU-2020:0598-1

  • git Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +14 more 2.17.1-r0
  • git Alpine 3.5 2.11.3-r1
  • git Alpine 3.6 2.13.7
  • git Alpine 3.7 2.15.2-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2018-11233

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • git Arch Linux 2.17.1-1

arch linux advisories AVG-711

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2018-11233 updated cvss 5.3

git: path sanity check in is_ntfs_dotgit() can read arbitrary memory

  • Red Hat JBoss Developer Studio 11 jgit jgit
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-git29-git 2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-gitk 2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-git-p4 2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-gitweb 2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-git-all 2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-git-cvs 2.9.3-4.el6, +9 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-git29-git 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-gitk 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-p4 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-gitweb 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-all 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-cvs 2.9.3-4.el7, +7 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-git29-git 2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-gitk 2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-git-p4 2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-gitweb 2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-git-all 2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-git-cvs 2.9.3-4.el6, +9 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-git29-git 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-gitk 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-p4 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-gitweb 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-all 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-cvs 2.9.3-4.el7, +7 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-git29-git 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-gitk 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-p4 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-gitweb 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-all 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-cvs 2.9.3-4.el7, +7 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-git29-git 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-gitk 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-p4 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-gitweb 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-all 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-cvs 2.9.3-4.el7, +7 more
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-git29-git 2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-gitk 2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-git-p4 2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-gitweb 2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-git-all 2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-git-cvs 2.9.3-4.el6, +9 more Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-git29-git 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-gitk 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-p4 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-gitweb 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-all 2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-cvs 2.9.3-4.el7, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2018:2147
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 git, gitk, gitweb, git-all, git-cvs, git-gui, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 git, gitk, git-hg, git-p4, gitweb, git-all, +12 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 git, gitk, gitweb, git-all, git-gui, git-svn, +8 more Red Hat Fuse 7 camel Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6 jgit jgit Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6 jgit jgit
    +5 more products
    Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6 jgit jgit Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 camel Red Hat JBoss Fuse Integration Service 2 camel Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 jgit jgit Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4 fh-scm
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

4.33% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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