CRLF injection vulnerability in the ui-blob handler in CGit before 0.12 allows remote…
Priority LOW 21Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
CRLF injection vulnerability in the ui-blob handler in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via CRLF sequences in the mimetype parameter, as demonstrated by a request to blob/cgit.c.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01935 80th 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 · 2
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 22 | Vulnerable | Fedoraproject |
| cpe:2.3:a:cgit_project:cgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 0.11.2 | Vulnerable | Cgit Project |
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 22 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
- cpe:2.3:a:cgit_project:cgit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 0.11.2 Vulnerable ·Cgit Project
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-1899
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-53jj-rpcg-6cc6
References
Patch 2
Advisory 5
Sources
- CVE-2016-1899 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-1899 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-53jj-rpcg-6cc6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2016-1899 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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