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CVE-2014-9706

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9706 describes a critical vulnerability in Dulwich versions prior to 0.9.9, affecting Debian Linux and the Dulwich project itself. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious commit containing a directory path starting with ".git/", which is mishandled during working tree checkout. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or community discussion has been identified.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 0.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:dulwich_project:dulwich:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0500 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: dulwichFixed in: 0.9.9
pippatch availablevia ghsa
Product: dulwichFixed in: 0.9.10

Vendor Advisories (1)

pipGHSA-4j5j-58j7-6c3wcritical

Dulwich Arbitrary code execution via commit with directory path starting with .git

May 17, 2022

References

lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154523.html
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-April/154551.html
git.samba.org
lists.launchpad.net / dulwich-users/msg00827.html
Exploit
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3206
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/03/21/1
Exploit
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/03/22/26