CVE-2012-6114: Git-Extras Project Git-Extras

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The git-changelog utility in git-extras 1.7.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/changelog or (2) /tmp/.git-effort.

Affected products

• Git-Extras Project Git-Extras: version 1.7.0 only

Published 2020-01-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.