CVE-2017-14867

HIGHNVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Elevated
8.8
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 36%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

Git before 2.10.5, 2.11.x before 2.11.4, 2.12.x before 2.12.5, 2.13.x before 2.13.6, and 2.14.x before 2.14.2 uses unsafe Perl scripts to support subcommands such as cvsserver, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in a module name. The vulnerable code is reachable via git-shell even without CVS support.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(medium)
EPSS
98.3%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 29, 2017

Last Modified

May 13, 2026

References (14)

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntugit (1:2.11.0-2ubuntu0.3) @ zesty2026-05-22ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

All Vendor Advisories

(2)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 29× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-06 16:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-05 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-04 06:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-01 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-06-30 23:19 UTCEPSS rescore
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  8. 2026-06-29 14:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-06-28 04:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-06-25 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
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  12. 2026-06-24 14:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-06-23 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-06-22 23:30 UTCOSV refresh
  15. 2026-06-21 01:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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  17. 2026-06-19 19:23 UTCEPSS rescore
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  19. 2026-06-18 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-17 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
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  22. 2026-06-15 17:45 UTCEPSS rescore
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  25. 2026-06-13 22:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-12 23:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-06-11 13:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-06-10 22:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-06-08 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-06-07 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  7. 2026-06-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
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  9. 2026-06-05 22:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-06-05 17:27 UTCOSV refresh
  11. 2026-06-05 06:08 UTCEPSS rescore
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  13. 2026-06-04 13:10 UTCEPSS rescore
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  17. 2026-06-01 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  19. 2026-05-31 22:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-05-31 00:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-05-29 13:41 UTCEPSS rescore
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  24. 2026-05-27 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
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  28. 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-05-22 09:25 UTCEG score recompute
  31. 2026-05-22 09:25 UTCVendor advisory
  32. 2026-05-22 09:25 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-05-22 09:25 UTCVendor advisory
  34. 2026-05-22 09:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-05-22 09:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  36. 2026-05-20 22:37 UTCEPSS rescore
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  38. 2026-05-20 11:21 UTCEPSS rescore
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  40. 2026-05-18 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2017-14867?
CVE-2017-14867 is a high vulnerability published on September 29, 2017. Git before 2.10.5, 2.11.x before 2.11.4, 2.12.x before 2.12.5, 2.13.x before 2.13.6, and 2.14.x before 2.14.2 uses unsafe Perl scripts to support subcommands such as cvsserver, which allows attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in a module name. The vulnerable code is…
When was CVE-2017-14867 disclosed?
CVE-2017-14867 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 29, 2017, with the most recent update on May 13, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2017-14867 actively exploited?
CVE-2017-14867 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 98.3% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-14867?
CVE-2017-14867 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2017-14867?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2017-14867, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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