Directory traversal vulnerability in gitolite 3.x before 3.1, when wild card repositories…
Priority LOW 25CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in gitolite 3.x before 3.1, when wild card repositories and a pattern matching "../" are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary repositories and possibly perform other actions via a .. (dot dot) in a repository name.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02069 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 5
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.0 | Vulnerable | Gitolite |
| cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.02 | Vulnerable | Gitolite |
| cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.03 | Vulnerable | Gitolite |
| cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.04 | Vulnerable | Gitolite |
| cpe:2.3:a:sitaram_chamarty:gitolite:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.01 | Vulnerable | Sitaram Chamarty |
- cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Gitolite
- cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.02 Vulnerable ·Gitolite
- cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.03 Vulnerable ·Gitolite
- cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.04 Vulnerable ·Gitolite
- cpe:2.3:a:sitaram_chamarty:gitolite:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.01 Vulnerable ·Sitaram Chamarty
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-4506
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v55m-w3r7-pwm6
References
Other 4
- https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/gitolite/K9SnQNhCQ-0/discussion
- https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/f636ce3ba3e340569b26d1e47b9d9b62dd8a3bf2
- [oss-security] 20121009 CVE Request: gitolite path traversal vulnerability
- [oss-security] 20121009 Re: CVE Request: gitolite path traversal vulnerability
Sources
- CVE-2012-4506 · CVE Program
- CVE-2012-4506 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v55m-w3r7-pwm6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2012-4506 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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