CVE-2018-19486

git: Git before 2.19.2 on Linux and UNIX executes commands from the current working directory (as if '.' were at the end o...

CVE-2018-19486 is fixed in 13 products on 1 platform, first by git 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4, released November 22, 2018. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
n/a
Medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0412
90th percentile

Git before 2.19.2 on Linux and UNIX executes commands from the current working directory (as if '.' were at the end of $PATH) in certain cases involving the run_command() API and run-command.c, because there was a dangerous change from execvp to execv during 2017.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
git · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 git 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 Nov 22, 2018
git-all · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 git-all 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 Nov 22, 2018
git-cvs · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 git-cvs 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 Nov 22, 2018
git-daemon-run · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 git-daemon-run 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 Nov 22, 2018
git-daemon-sysvinit · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 git-daemon-sysvinit 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 Nov 22, 2018
git-el · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 git-el 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 Nov 22, 2018
git-email · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 git-email 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 Nov 22, 2018
git-gui · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 git-gui 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 Nov 22, 2018
git-man · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 git-man 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 Nov 22, 2018
git-mediawiki · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 git-mediawiki 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 Nov 22, 2018
git-svn · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 git-svn 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 Nov 22, 2018
gitk · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 gitk 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 Nov 22, 2018
gitweb · Ubuntu 18.04.6 LTS (bionic) 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 gitweb 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.4 Nov 22, 2018