CVE-2016-1899
CRLF injection vulnerability in the ui-blob handler in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers...
CVE-2016-1899 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 3.7) in Cgit Project Cgit, published January 20, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.93%, the 80th percentile. Fixed in cgit 0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1.
CRLF injection vulnerability in the ui-blob handler in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via CRLF sequences in the mimetype parameter, as demonstrated by a request to blob/cgit.c.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
3.7
CRLF injection vulnerability in the ui-blob handler in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via CRLF sequences in the mimetype parameter, as demonstrated by a request to blob/cgit.c.
- Record
CVE-2016-1899- CVSS 3.0
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
CRLF injection vulnerability in the ui-blob handler in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via CRLF sequences in the mimetype parameter, as demonstrated by a request to blob/cgit.c.
- Record
CVE-2016-1899- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-2993 No score
CRLF injection vulnerability in the ui-blob handler in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via CRLF sequences in the mimetype parameter, as demonstrated by a request to blob/cgit.c.
- Record
EUVD-2016-2993- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-53jj-rpcg-6cc6
3.7
CRLF injection vulnerability in the ui-blob handler in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers...
CRLF injection vulnerability in the ui-blob handler in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via CRLF sequences in the mimetype parameter, as demonstrated by a request to blob/cgit.c.
- Record
GHSA-53jj-rpcg-6cc6- CVSS 3.0
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSV
3.7
CRLF injection vulnerability in the ui-blob handler in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via CRLF sequences in the mimetype parameter, as demonstrated by a request to blob/cgit.c.
- Record
CVE-2016-1899- CVSS 3.0
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-1899
3.7
CRLF injection vulnerability in the ui-blob handler in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via CRLF sequences in the mimetype parameter, as demonstrated by a request to blob/cgit.c.
- Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1899- CVSS 3.0
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-1899
3.7
CRLF injection vulnerability in the ui-blob handler in CGit before 0.12 allows remote attackers to inject arbitrary HTTP headers and conduct HTTP response splitting attacks or cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via CRLF sequences in the mimetype parameter, as demonstrated by a request to blob/cgit.c.
- Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1899- CVSS 3.0
- 3.7 Low
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0047 No score
Updated cgit packages fix security vulnerability
Reflected Cross Site Scripting and Header Injection in Mimetype Query String in cgit before 0.12 (CVE-2016-1899).
Stored Cross Site Scripting and Header Injection in Filename Parameter in cgit before 0.12 (CVE-2016-1900).
Integer Overflow resulting in Buffer Overflow in cgit before 0.12 (CVE-2016-1901).
- Record
MGASA-2016-0047- Updated
- 2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10137-1 No score
cgit-1.0-1.3 on GA media
These are all security issues fixed in the cgit-1.0-1.3 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.
- Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10137-1- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Affected packages
| Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|
cgitDebian:12 |
before 0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1 | 0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1 |
cgitDebian:13 |
before 0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1 | 0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1 |
cgitDebian:14 |
before 0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1 | 0.11.2.git2.3.2-1.1 |
cgitDebian:8 |
before 0.10.2.git2.0.1-3+deb8u1, plus listed versions 0.10.2.git2.0.1-3 |
0.10.2.git2.0.1-3+deb8u1 |
cgitMageia:5 |
before 0.12-1.mga5 | 0.12-1.mga5 |
cgitopenSUSE:Tumbleweed |
before 1.0-1.3 | 1.0-1.3 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | affected | |
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV |
References
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/3
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00084.html
lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002817.html
lists.zx2c4.com/pipermail/cgit/2016-January/002790.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176198.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00067.html
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git.zx2c4.com/cgit/commit?id=1c581a072651524f3b0d91f33e22a42c4166dd96
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/14/6
debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3545
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/176167.html
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1899
github.com/advisories/GHSA-53jj-rpcg-6cc6
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1899
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2016-0047.html
bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=17495
ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1899
cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1899
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2711
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4465
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-4548
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-2117
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1899
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1900
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1901
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2315
suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2324