TI-2018-15681 Aliases CVE-2018-1000021 GHSA-vpq8-fvqp-vj6h

GIT version 2.15.1 and earlier contains a Input Validation Error vulnerability in Client…

LOW 25CWE-20Published 2018-02-09 · Updated 2024-08-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · Low
Fix status: Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

GIT version 2.15.1 and earlier contains a Input Validation Error vulnerability in Client that can result in problems including messing up terminal configuration to RCE. This attack appear to be exploitable via The user must interact with a malicious git server, (or have their traffic modified in a MITM attack).

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01074 65th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

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:git-scm:git::::::::	up to 2.15.1	Vulnerable	Git-scm

cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.15.1 Vulnerable ·Git-scm

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2018-1000021
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vpq8-fvqp-vj6h

References

Advisory 1

http://www.batterystapl.es/2018/01/security-implications-of-ansi-escape.html

TI-2025-30709 Git allows arbitrary code execution through broken config quoting KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2018-12447 Git before 2.14.5, 2.15.x before 2.15.3, 2.16.x before 2.16.5, 2.17.x before 2.17.2… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-07580 gitattributes parsing integer overflow in git CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2014-07619 Git before 1.8.5.6, 1.9.x before 1.9.5, 2.0.x before 2.0.5, 2.1.x before 2.1.4, and 2.2.x… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2022-20244 Integer overflow in `git archive`, `git log --format` leading to RCE in git CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2017-14454 A malicious third-party can give a crafted "ssh://..." URL to an unsuspecting victim, and… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8

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Sources

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