CVE-2016-9645

Editing restriction bypass for git revert

N/A

Published: April 10, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:56 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorIkiwiki

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.9%

Description

The fix for ikiwiki for CVE-2016-10026 was incomplete resulting in editing restriction bypass for git revert when using git versions older than 2.8.0. This has been fixed in 3.20161229.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ikiwiki · Ikiwiki

95%

v ≤ 3.20161229v < 2.8

Affected range stops below 2.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://ikiwiki.info/security/#cve-2016-9645

References (3)

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://ikiwiki.info/security/#cve-2016-9645

x_refsource_MISCMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=148304341511854&w=2

x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-9645

CVSS

4MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: NONE
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-284

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