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CVE-2014-9706
The build_index_from_tree function in index.py in Dulwich before 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a commit with…
High7.5EPSS 5.0%
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- Updated
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- debian
Description
The build_index_from_tree function in index.py in Dulwich before 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a commit with a directory path starting with .git/, which is not properly handled when checking out a working tree.
Timeline
ID reserved
By debian
- 9 days later
· 9 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.0% · top 7.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIdulwichGHSA-4j5j-58j7-6c3w (opens in a new tab)
References (7)
- DSA-3206 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-4534 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://git.samba.org/?p=jelmer/dulwich.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=091638be3c89f46f42c3b1d57dc1504af5729176 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150322 Re: Possible CVE Request: dulwich: does not prevent to write files in commits with invalid paths to working tree (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20150321 Possible CVE Request: dulwich: does not prevent to write files in commits with invalid paths to working tree (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [dulwich-users] 20141219 Re: Git vulnerability CVE-2014-9390 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-4575 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-4j5j-58j7-6c3w (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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