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CVE-2026-5917

libgit2 Shell Command Injection via ssh_libssh2 Backend

libgit2 versions before 1.8.7 and 1.9.0 before 1.9.7 built with the libssh2 SSH backend (USE_SSH=libssh2) contain a shell command injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on an SSH server by supplying a repository path containing unescaped shell metacharacters such as single quotes, semicolons, or pipes. The gen_proto() function in ssh_libssh2.c inserts the repository path directly into a shell command string without escaping special characters before passing it to libssh2_channel_exec(), enabling an attacker to craft a malicious submodule URL in a .gitmodules file that, when processed during a recursive clone, causes the remote server's shell to interpret injected commands under the victim's SSH user account.
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Herstellerlibgit2
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Produkt libgit2
Default Statusaffected
Version 0
Version < 1.8.7
Status affected
Version 1.9.0
Version < 1.9.7
Status affected
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.86% 0.552
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
disclosure@vulncheck.com 8.8 2.8 5.9
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
disclosure@vulncheck.com 8.6 0 0
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component.

https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/libgit2-shell-command-injection-via-ssh-libssh2-backend
https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/security/advisories/GHSA-xqj4-2j5v-rr75