TI-2013-03902 Aliases CVE-2013-4451 GHSA-p485-m5mg-88jg

gitolite commit fa06a34 through 3.5.3 might allow attackers to have unspecified impact…

MEDIUM 48CWE-264Published 2018-09-21 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.

Summary

gitolite commit fa06a34 through 3.5.3 might allow attackers to have unspecified impact via vectors involving world-writable permissions when creating (1) ~/.gitolite.rc, (2) ~/.gitolite, or (3) ~/repositories/gitolite-admin.git on fresh installs.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.03079 87th 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 · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite::::::::	3.0 – 3.5.3	Vulnerable	Gitolite

cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 – 3.5.3 Vulnerable ·Gitolite

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-4451
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p485-m5mg-88jg

References

Patch 2

Other 1

https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/gitolite/Tu1sjaf7A4A/discussion

TI-2010-02350 gitolite before 1.4.1 does not filter src/ or hooks/ from path names. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2018-14688 commands/rsync in Gitolite before 3.6.11, if .gitolite.rc enables rsync, mishandles the… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
TI-2018-12127 Gitolite before 3.6.9 does not (in certain configurations involving @all or a regex)… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.1
TI-2011-01391 Directory traversal vulnerability in the Admin Defined Commands (ADC) feature in gitolite… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.8
TI-2013-05889 gitolite before commit fa06a34 might allow local users to read arbitrary files in… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.5
TI-2012-03848 Directory traversal vulnerability in gitolite 3.x before 3.1, when wild card repositories… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6

Sources

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