CVE-2018-10859 Information disclosure in git-annex

What is CVE-2018-10859?

CVE-2018-10859 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 16 Jul 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

git-annex is vulnerable to an Information Exposure when decrypting files. A malicious server for a special remote could trick git-annex into decrypting a file that was encrypted to the user's gpg key. This attack could be used to expose encrypted data that was never stored in git-annex

Weakness: CWE-200

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10859?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including git-annex. It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Git-Annex Project Git-Annex.

How do I fix CVE-2018-10859?

Upgrade git-annex to 6.20180626 or later.

Is CVE-2018-10859 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10859 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-10859, GHSA-j24g-q5jp-xg4v, HSEC-2023-0011, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-10859.