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Vulnerability · CVE-2018-14912

cgit_project cgit Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Published Nov 26, 2023 · catalog updated Nov 26, 2023 · cgit_project cgit Improper Limitation

Patch now

CVE-2018-14912 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm cgit_project cgit Improper Limitation against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
91.88%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor cgit_project cgit

cgit_clone_objects in CGit before 1.2.1 has a directory traversal vulnerability when is not turned off, as demonstrated by a cgit/cgit.cgi/git/objects/?path=../ request.

Are you affected?

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  • vendor cgit_project cgitversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2018-14912

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2018-14912 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm cgit_project cgit Improper Limitation against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 91.88%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 26, 2023 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    cgit_clone_objects in CGit before 1.2.1 has a directory traversal vulnerability when is not turned off, as demonstrated by a cgit/cgit.cgi/git/objects/?path=../ request.

  2. Nov 26, 2023 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2018-14912

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2018-14912

    30-day exploitation probability 91.9%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2018-14912

    cgit_clone_objects in CGit before 1.2.1 has a directory traversal vulnerability when is not turned off, as demonstrated by a cgit/cgit.cgi/git/objects/?path=../ request.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.