CVE-2012-4506

Directory traversal vulnerability in gitolite 3.x before 3.1, when wild card repositories and a pattern matching "../" are enabled, allows remote authenticated users to create arbitrary repositories and possibly perform other actions via a .. (dot dot) in a repository name.

Published: 2012-10-22 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-4506 is rated Moderate Risk (47.3/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.07%). EPSS rose +1.30% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-4506

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 2026-06-15 0.77% 2.07% +1.30%
2 2026-03-26 0.56% 0.77% +0.21%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.56% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-4506

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-4506

OS Trackers for CVE-2012-4506

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2012-4506 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (gitolite), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, natty, oneiric, precise, upstream): not-affected 3, DNE 2, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-4506

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-4506

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gitolite gitolite 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 3.02 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 3.03 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gitolite gitolite 3.04 cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:3.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sitaram_chamarty gitolite 3.01 cpe:2.3:a:sitaram_chamarty:gitolite:3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-4506

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