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CVE-2011-1572

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2011-1572 describes a directory traversal vulnerability in gitolite versions prior to 1.5.9.1, specifically within the Admin Defined Commands (ADC) feature. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by injecting directory traversal sequences (e.g., "..") into admin-defined commands. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring moderate attack complexity but potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.5.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.50CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.55CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.60CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.60:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.65CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:0.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.92%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0292 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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References

groups.google.com / group/gitolite/browse_thread/thread/797a93ec26e1dcbc
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Patch
seclists.org / oss-sec/2011/q2/197
Patch
seclists.org / oss-sec/2011/q2/209
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/65542
github.com / sitaramc/gitolite/commit/4ce00aef84d1ff7c35f7adbbb99a6241cfda00cc
Patch
debian.org / security/2011/dsa-2215
securityfocus.com / bid/46473
Patch