CVE-2015-7545

critical
Published 2016-04-13 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

The (1) git-remote-ext and (2) unspecified other remote helper programs in Git before 2.3.10, 2.4.x before 2.4.10, 2.5.x before 2.5.4, and 2.6.x before 2.6.1 do not properly restrict the allowed protocols, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a URL in a (a) .gitmodules file or (b) unknown other sources in a submodule.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-7545

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.5.4.txt

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.4.10.txt

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/git/git/blob/master/Documentation/RelNotes/2.3.10.txt

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7545.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1:2.6.1-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1:2.6.1-1
debian debianforkyfixed1:2.6.1-1
debian debiansidfixed1:2.6.1-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1:2.6.1-1
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.10affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
git_projectgit{"endIncluding":"2.3.9"}
git_projectgit2.4.0
git_projectgit2.4.1
git_projectgit2.4.2
git_projectgit2.4.3
git_projectgit2.4.4
git_projectgit2.4.5
git_projectgit2.4.6
git_projectgit2.4.7
git_projectgit2.4.8
git_projectgit2.4.9
git_projectgit2.5.0
git_projectgit2.5.1
git_projectgit2.5.2
git_projectgit2.5.3
git_projectgit2.6.0
redhat redhatsoftware_collections1.0

References

CWEs

CWE-20 CWE-284

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.