Security advisory

{
  "id": "367eae5b3417886e20bddc68ca37522c71470816ce3286e62fa123f1bda8b46e",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-20683",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2018-20683",
    "summary": "commands/rsync in Gitolite before 3.6.11, if .gitolite.rc enables rsync, mishandles the rsync command line, which allows attackers to have a \"bad\" impact by triggering use of an option other than -v, -n, -q, or -P.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2018-20683",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2018-20683",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2018-20683"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "b49133dc5f49b12807165ed250307213c1ac0a53"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5df2b817255ee919991da6c310239e08c8fcc1ae"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:gitolite:gitolite:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "3.6.11"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "fixed": "5df2b817255ee919991da6c310239e08c8fcc1ae"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v3.6.10",
            "v3.6.9",
            "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-2018-20683.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:50:24.839298933Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21topic/gitolite-announce/6xbjjmpLePQ",
        "https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/blob/master/CHANGELOG",
        "https://bugs.debian.org/918849",
        "https://github.com/sitaramc/gitolite/commit/5df2b817255ee919991da6c310239e08c8fcc1ae"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2018-20683",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 381692,
  "published_at": "2019-01-10T01:29:00.237+00:00"
}