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CVE-2018-11233

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-11233 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Git versions prior to 2.13.7, 2.14.4, 2.15.2, 2.16.4, and 2.17.1, specifically affecting pathname sanity checks on NTFS. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity, potentially leading to a high impact on confidentiality. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
17.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
18.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
<= 2.13.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0456 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

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 (7)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-git29-git-0:2.9.3-4.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUSFixed in: rh-git29-git-0:2.9.3-4.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-git29-git-0:2.9.3-4.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUSFixed in: rh-git29-git-0:2.9.3-4.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSFixed in: rh-git29-git-0:2.9.3-4.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: rh-git29-git-0:2.9.3-4.el7
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Developer Studio 11Fixed in: jgit

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2018-11233Moderate

git: path sanity check in is_ntfs_dotgit() can read arbitrary memory

May 30, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00003.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:2147
Third Party Advisory
marc.info
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201805-13
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3671-1
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/104346
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040991
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry