CVE-2015-8968

CVE-2015-8968 affects git-fastclone prior to 1.0.1, enabling arbitrary shell command execution via .gitmodules when cloning recursively or updating submodules. The exploit occurs through ext helper URLs (git-remote-ext) embedded in submodules, allowing command execution either over cloned repos o...

CVE-2015-8968

git-fastclone before 1.0.1 permits arbitrary shell command execution from .gitmodules. If an attacker can instruct a user to run a recursive clone from a repository they control, they can get a client to run an arbitrary shell command. Alternately, if an attacker can MITM an unencrypted git clone...