{"uuid": "9d00d17e-208d-4707-af7d-d940bc4bb824", "vulnerability_lookup_origin": "1a89b78e-f703-45f3-bb86-59eb712668bd", "author": "9f56dd64-161d-43a6-b9c3-555944290a09", "vulnerability": "CVE-2018-17456", "type": "seen", "source": "https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/multi/http/git_submodule_url_exec.rb", "content": "{\"aliases\": [], \"arch\": \"cmd\", \"author\": [\"timwr\"], \"autofilter_ports\": [], \"autofilter_services\": [], \"check\": false, \"default_credential\": false, \"description\": \"This module exploits CVE-2018-17456, which affects Git\\n          versions 2.14.5, 2.15.3, 2.16.5, 2.17.2, 2.18.1, and 2.19.1 and lower.\\n\\n          When a submodule url which starts with a dash e.g \\\"-u./payload\\\" is passed\\n          as an argument to git clone, the file \\\"payload\\\" inside the repository\\n          is executed.\\n\\n          This module creates a fake git repository which contains a submodule\\n          containing the vulnerability. The vulnerability is triggered when the\\n          submodules are initialised (e.g git clone --recurse-submodules URL)\", \"disclosure_date\": \"2018-10-05\", \"fullname\": \"exploit/multi/http/git_submodule_url_exec\", \"is_install_path\": true, \"mod_time\": \"2025-06-20 13:20:44 +0000\", \"name\": \"Malicious Git HTTP Server For CVE-2018-17456\", \"needs_cleanup\": null, \"notes\": {\"Reliability\": [\"repeatable-session\"], \"SideEffects\": [\"artifacts-on-disk\", \"screen-effects\"], \"Stability\": [\"crash-safe\"]}, \"path\": \"/modules/exploits/multi/http/git_submodule_url_exec.rb\", \"platform\": \"Unix\", \"post_auth\": false, \"rank\": 600, \"ref_name\": \"multi/http/git_submodule_url_exec\", \"references\": [\"CVE-2018-17456\", \"URL-https://marc.info/?l=git&m=153875888916397&w=2\", \"URL-https://gist.github.com/joernchen/38dd6400199a542bc9660ea563dcf2b6\", \"URL-https://blog.github.com/2018-10-05-git-submodule-vulnerability\"], \"rport\": null, \"session_types\": false, \"targets\": [\"Automatic\"], \"type\": \"exploit\"}", "creation_timestamp": "2026-09-08T06:49:48.360830Z"}