CVE-2015-7545: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 18.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The (1) git-remote-ext and (2) unspecified other remote helper programs in Git before 2.3.10, 2.4.x before 2.4.10, 2.5.x before 2.5.4, and 2.6.x before 2.6.1 do not properly restrict the allowed protocols, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a URL in a (a) .gitmodules file or (b) unknown other sources in a submodule.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 15.04 only; version 15.10 only
• Git Project Git: up to and including 2.3.9; version 2.4.0 only; version 2.4.1 only; version 2.4.2 only; version 2.4.3 only; version 2.4.4 only; …
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.1 only; version 13.2 only
• Red Hat Software Collections: version 1.0 only

Published 2016-04-13. Last modified 2026-06-17.