CVE-2017-14867

high

Published 2017-09-29 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

8.8

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

CVSS v2

9.0

VIR risk

8.8

Description

Git before 2.10.5, 2.11.x before 2.11.4, 2.12.x before 2.12.5, 2.13.x before 2.13.6, and 2.14.x before 2.14.2 uses unsafe Perl scripts to support subcommands such as cvsserver, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in a module name. The vulnerable code is reachable via git-shell even without CVS support.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

92%

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-2017-14867

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-14867.html

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1:2.14.2-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1:2.14.2-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`1:2.14.2-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`1:2.14.2-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1:2.14.2-1`
debian	8.0	affected
debian	9.0	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
git-scm	git	`{"endIncluding":"2.10.4"}`
git-scm	git	`2.11.0`
git-scm	git	`2.11.1`
git-scm	git	`2.11.2`
git-scm	git	`2.11.3`
git-scm	git	`2.12.0`
git-scm	git	`2.12.1`
git-scm	git	`2.12.2`
git-scm	git	`2.12.3`
git-scm	git	`2.12.4`
git-scm	git	`2.13.0`
git-scm	git	`2.13.1`
git-scm	git	`2.13.2`
git-scm	git	`2.13.3`
git-scm	git	`2.13.4`
git-scm	git	`2.13.5`
git-scm	git	`2.14.0`
git-scm	git	`2.14.1`

References

CWEs

CWE-78

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