git-annex vulnerabilities

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-112818

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S3 and Glacier remotes creds embedded in the git repo were not encrypted

git-annex had a bug in the S3 and Glacier remotes where if embedcreds=yes was set, and the remote used encryption=pubkey or encryption=hybrid, the embedded AWS credentials were stored in the git repository in (effectively) plaintext, not encrypted as they were supposed to be. This issue affects git-annex: from 3.20121126 before 5.20140919.

• Update to 5.20140919

CVE-2018-10857

git-annex is vulnerable to a private data exposure and exfiltration attack. It could expose the content of files located outside the git-annex repository, or content from a private web server on localhost or the LAN.

• Update to 6.20180626-1

CVE-2018-10859

git-annex is vulnerable to an Information Exposure when decrypting files. A malicious server for a special remote could trick git-annex into decrypting a file that was encrypted to the user's gpg key. This attack could be used to expose encrypted data that was never stored in git-annex

• Update to 6.20180626-1

CVE-2017-12976

git-annex before 6.20170818 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, as demonstrated by an ssh://-eProxyCommand= URL, a related issue to CVE-2017-9800, CVE-2017-12836, CVE-2017-1000116, and CVE-2017-1000117.

• Update to 6.20170818-1