CVE-2024-4981

Pagure: _update_file_in_git() follows symbolic links in temporary clones

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: May 12, 2025 at 06:55 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 08:03 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorPagure

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

A vulnerability was discovered in Pagure server. If a malicious user were to submit a git repository with symbolic links, the server could unintentionally show incorporate and make visible content from outside the git repo.

Affected

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

v < 5.14.1
Affected range stops below 5.14.1, 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:

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-552

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