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CVE-2016-1900

Published: Jan 20, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
3.7LOW
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.9%
Top 22.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

CRLF injection vulnerability in the cgit_print_http_headers function in ui-shared.c in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers with permission to write to a repository to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via newline characters in a filename.

No summary for this CVE yet.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:HPR:NUI:NS:UC:NI:LA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:HAttack Complexity
High
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:NConfidentiality
None
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

fedoraproject
oss-project·USaka fedora project
fedoraOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
cgit project
oss-project
cgitOn-prem
DevTools & CI / source-control
and 1 more affected products View all →

Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3
openwall.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html
lists.zx2c4.com
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