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01 Record

CVE-2020-11008

Malicious URLs can still cause Git to send a stored credential to the wrong server

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: GitHub_M
CNA base score4.0 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N

02 Description

Malicious URLs can still cause Git to send a stored credential to the wrong server

03 Exploitation and scoring

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
3.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 89.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

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.

04 Metadata

Published
2020-04-21 18:40Z6 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 11:21Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2020-03-30
Assigning CNA
GitHub_M
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 4.0)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
  • CWE-522Insufficiently Protected CredentialsClass
Data version
5.1
Document digest
915c5ba2fa708bf93d01f7adc408f9a2daec634b8e5bd4c797766473551e336e

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
gitgit< 2.17.5, >= 2.18.0, < 2.18.4, >= 2.19.0, 2.19.5, >= 2.20.0, < 2.20.4, >= 2.21.0, < 2.21.3, >= 2.22.0, < 2.22.4, >= 2.23.0, < 2.23.3, >= 2.24.0, < 2.24.3, >= 2.25.0, < 2.25.4, >= 2.26.0, < 2.26.2—

06 References

07 Fixed in

Arch Linux

  • git
    Fixed in 2.26.2-1

Source: Arch Linux Security Tracker, the Arch Linux security team. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 12

  • git
    Fixed in 1:2.26.2-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 13

  • git
    Fixed in 1:2.26.2-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Debian 14

  • git
    Fixed in 1:2.26.2-1

Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  • git
    Fixed in 1:2.7.4-0ubuntu1.9

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

  • git
    Fixed in 1:2.17.1-1ubuntu0.7

Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.

A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.