CVE-2008-5517

Exp

The web interface in git (gitweb) 1.5.x before 1.5.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters related to (1) git_snapshot and (2) git_object.

Published: 2009-01-13 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2008-5517 is rated High Exploit Risk (78/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 7.52%, 92th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2008-5517

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
11497 exploit_db edb 2010-02-18 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2008-5517

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-05 6.56% 7.52% +0.96%
2 2026-01-13 6.40% 6.56% +0.16%
3 2025-05-28 — 6.40% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2008-5517

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2008-5517

OS Trackers for CVE-2008-5517

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2008-5517: 1 GLSA(s) (200903-15), 1 atom(s) (dev-util/git); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2008-5517
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-5517
ubuntu medium CVE-2008-5517 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (git-core), 5 status rows across 5 suites (dapper, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): released 3, not-affected 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5517

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2008-5517

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
git git 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc1.1136.g2794:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
git git 1.5.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:git:git:1.5.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2008-5517

URL Tags
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=512330
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00002.html
http://repo.or.cz/w/git.git?a=commitdiff%3Bh=516381d5
http://secunia.com/advisories/33964 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34194 Vendor Advisory
http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2009-0005
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1708
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200903-15.xml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/20/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/21/7
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/01/23/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500008/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33215 Patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-723-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0175 Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=479715
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2936
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