CVE-2012-4506

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

2.07% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 79.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2012-10-22 23:00Z13 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 20:35Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2012-08-21

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-22Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

4d0010eca95e09cccd11025c7db86e44b4b00152ef861f015bd2b753b3046fef

• groups.google.comhttps://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/gitolite/K9SnQNhCQ-0/discussionx_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com55853http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55853vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• github.comhttps://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/f636ce3ba3e340569b26d1e47b9d9b62dd8a3bf2x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121009 CVE Request: gitolite path traversal vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• secunia.com50896http://secunia.com/advisories/50896third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121009 Re: CVE Request: gitolite path traversal vulnerabilityhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/10/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comgitolite-security-bypass(79130)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79130vdb-entryx_refsource_XF