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TI-2018-07995 Aliases CVE-2018-11233GHSA-f2cx-gr8r-v8wf

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…

Priority MEDIUM 40CWE-125Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 8 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-125 and the CVSS impact.

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.04408 91st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 8 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*14.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*16.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*17.10VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*18.04VulnerableCanonical
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 2.13.6; 2.14.0 – 2.14.3; 2.15.0 – 2.15.1; 2.16.0 – 2.16.3VulnerableGit-scm
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*2.17.0VulnerableGit-scm
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 14.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 16.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Versions 18.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
  • cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.13.6; 2.14.0 – 2.14.3; 2.15.0 – 2.15.1; 2.16.0 – 2.16.3 Vulnerable ·Git-scm
  • cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.17.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.17.0 Vulnerable ·Git-scm

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2018:2147 Released 2018-07-10 · Red Hat rating Important
    rh-git29-git security update
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) rh-git29-emacs-git-2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-emacs-git-el-2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-git-2.9.3-4.el6 +13
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) rh-git29-git-2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-4.el7 +11
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7) rh-git29-emacs-git-2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-emacs-git-el-2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-git-2.9.3-4.el6 +13
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3) rh-git29-git-2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-4.el7 +11
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4) rh-git29-git-2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-4.el7 +11
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5) rh-git29-git-2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-4.el7 +11
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) rh-git29-emacs-git-2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-emacs-git-el-2.9.3-4.el6, rh-git29-git-2.9.3-4.el6 +13
    • Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) rh-git29-git-2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-all-2.9.3-4.el7, rh-git29-git-core-2.9.3-4.el7 +11

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
JBoss Developer Studio 11AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2018:2147
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2018:2147
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 6.7)Fixed RHSA-2018:2147
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.3)Fixed RHSA-2018:2147
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.4)Fixed RHSA-2018:2147
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS (v. 7.5)Fixed RHSA-2018:2147
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2018:2147
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7)Fixed RHSA-2018:2147
Not affected: 11 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Fuse 7
  • Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Virtualization 6
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Integration Service 2
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6
  • Red Hat Mobile Application Platform 4

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-11233
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f2cx-gr8r-v8wf

References

Advisory 5

Sources

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