Security advisory

{
  "id": "1e33543b13d1132c615ae30690a961830a305e633a4c175d66dd8818afa5b1fe",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-16976",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-16976",
    "summary": "Gitolite before 3.6.9 does not (in certain configurations involving @all or a regex) properly restrict access to a Git repository that is in the process of being migrated until the full set of migration steps has been completed. This can allow valid users to obtain unintended access.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-16976",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-16976",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-16976"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "144d8a202edaa30b19b0946051630da8ca561c6b"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "dc13dfca8fdae5634bb0865f7e9822d2a268ed59"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.6.9"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "dc13dfca8fdae5634bb0865f7e9822d2a268ed59"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v3.6.8",
            "v3.6.7",
            "v3.6.6",
            "v3.6.5",
            "v3.6.4",
            "v3.6.3",
            "v3.6.2",
            "v3.6.1",
            "v3.6",
            "v3.5.3.1",
            "v3.5.3",
            "v3.5.2",
            "v3.5.1",
            "v3.5",
            "v3.4",
            "v3.3",
            "v3.2",
            "v3.1",
            "v3.04",
            "v3.03",
            "v3.02",
            "v3.01",
            "v3.0",
            "v0.02",
            "v0.01"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16976.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:22.295794398Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/gitolite-announce/WrwDTYdbfRg",
        "https://bugs.debian.org/908699",
        "https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/dc13dfca8fdae5634bb0865f7e9822d2a268ed59"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-16976",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381616,
  "published_at": "2018-09-12T22:29:00.517+00:00"
}