The imap-send command in GIT before 1.8.1.4 does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-0308 is rated Moderate Risk (43.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.66%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 1.49% | 1.66% | +0.17% |
| 2 | 2026-06-06 | 1.20% | 1.49% | +0.28% |
| 3 | 2026-05-24 | — | 1.20% | — |
Full EPSS history (18 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.3 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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8.6 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
unimportant | CVE-2013-0308 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (git), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0308 |
redhat
|
medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0308 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2013-0308 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (git, git-core), 12 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): not-affected 7, DNE 4, ignored 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0308 |