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CVE-2018-16976

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-16976 describes an access control vulnerability in Gitolite versions prior to 3.6.9. In specific configurations involving "@all" or regular expressions, valid users could gain unintended access to Git repositories during an incomplete migration process. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to high confidentiality and integrity impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 3.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.2
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0117 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 17,808 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 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 (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugs.debian.org / 908699
Mailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / sitaramc/gitolite/commit/dc13dfca8fdae5634bb0865f7e9822d2a268ed59
PatchThird Party Advisory
groups.google.com / forum