CVE-2015-8969
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 3, 2016 at 10:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:35 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGit Fastclone
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
git-fastclone before 1.0.5 passes user modifiable strings directly to a shell command. An attacker can execute malicious commands by modifying the strings that are passed as arguments to "cd " and "git clone " commands in the library.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.0.5
Affected range stops below 1.0.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (3)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81433x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/square/git-fastclone/pull/5x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://hackerone.com/reports/105190CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-77
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