CVE-2016-10130

The http_connect function in transports/http.c in libgit2 before 0.24.6 and 0.25.x before 0.25.1 might allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof servers by leveraging clobbering of the error variable.

Published: 2017-03-24 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2016-10130 is rated Moderate Risk (48.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.70%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2016-10130

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 2026-05-30 1.05% 0.70% -0.36%
2 2025-03-30 2.61% 1.05% -1.56%
3 2025-03-29 — 2.61% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2016-10130

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.9 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:H)
Even with access, the exploit needs extra luck, timing, or a fussy environment to actually work.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 2.2 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2016-10130

OS Trackers for CVE-2016-10130

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-2016-10130: 4 source package rows (libgit2, libgit2-1.0, libgit2-1.1, libgit2-1.5); 12 state rows across 9 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.17-community, 3.18-community, 3.19-community, 3.20-community, 3.21-community, 3.22-community, edge-community); fixed 12, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-10130
debian not yet assigned CVE-2016-10130 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (cargo, libgit2), 7 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 7. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10130
suse medium CVE-2016-10130 severity moderate: SUSE including 27 source package names (libgit2-1_1-1.1.1-1.2, libgit2-1_1-32bit-1.1.1-1.2, …), 33 product×package rows across 18 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP1, … (18 product lines)): Fixed 33. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-10130/
ubuntu medium CVE-2016-10130 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libgit2), 23 status rows across 23 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, precise, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 16, ignored 3, needed 2, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10130

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2016-10130

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
libgit2_project libgit2 <= 0.24.5 cpe:2.3:a:libgit2_project:libgit2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libgit2_project libgit2 0.25.0 cpe:2.3:a:libgit2_project:libgit2:0.25.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
libgit2_project libgit2 0.25.0 cpe:2.3:a:libgit2_project:libgit2:0.25.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
libgit2_project libgit2 0.25.0 cpe:2.3:a:libgit2_project:libgit2:0.25.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2016-10130

URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00030.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00036.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-02/msg00072.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/10/5 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/11/6 Mailing List Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95359
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/9a64e62f0f20c9cf9b2e1609f037060eb2d8eb22 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/commit/b5c6a1b407b7f8b952bded2789593b68b1876211 Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://libgit2.github.com/security/ Patch Vendor Advisory
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