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CVE-2015-8969

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 4.80% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-11-03 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links

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CVE
CVE-2015-8969
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
4.80%

Original NVD Description

git-fastclone before 1.0.5 passes user modifiable strings directly to a shell command. An attacker can execute malicious commands by modifying the strings that are passed as arguments to "cd " and "git clone " commands in the library.