GHSA-4j5j-58j7-6c3w · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: pip — Dulwich Arbitrary code execution via commit with directory path starting with .git
The build_index_from_tree function in index.py in Dulwich before 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a commit with a directory path starting with .git/, which is not properly handled when checking out a working tree.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2014-9706 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.5/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.77%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-05-03 | 3.09% | 2.77% | -0.32% |
| 2 | 2025-03-30 | 7.72% | 3.09% | -4.63% |
| 3 | 2025-03-29 | — | 7.72% | — |
Full EPSS history (12 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
GHSA-4j5j-58j7-6c3w · Severity: critical · Ecosystem: pip — Dulwich Arbitrary code execution via commit with directory path starting with .git
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2014-9706 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (dulwich), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9706 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2014-9706 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (dulwich), 14 status rows across 14 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 8, ignored 3, released 2, DNE 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9706 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | 7.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| dulwich_project | dulwich | <= 0.9.8 | cpe:2.3:a:dulwich_project:dulwich:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |