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CVE-2020-24614

Fossil before 2.10.2, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated...

8.8 HighFix available

Fossil before 2.10.2, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. An attacker must have check-in privileges on the repository.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
Low
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.12%Down 0.9 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 8.8

Fossil before 2.10.2, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. An attacker must have check-in privileges on the repository.

Record
CVE-2020-24614
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.5 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-862
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Fossil before 2.10.2, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. An attacker must have check-in privileges on the repository.

Record
CVE-2020-24614
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2020-17331 No score

Fossil before 2.10.2, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. An attacker must have check-in privileges on the repository.

Record
EUVD-2020-17331
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-83fw-5hmv-mmqf 8.8

Fossil before 2.10.2, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated...

Fossil before 2.10.2, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. An attacker must have check-in privileges on the repository.

Record
GHSA-83fw-5hmv-mmqf
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-94, CWE-862
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 8.8

Fossil before 2.10.2, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. An attacker must have check-in privileges on the repository.

Record
CVE-2020-24614
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2020-24614 8.8

Fossil before 2.10.2, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. An attacker must have check-in privileges on the repository.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2020-24614
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2020-24614 8.8

Fossil before 2.10.2, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. An attacker must have check-in privileges on the repository.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2020-24614
CVSS 3.1
8.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2020-0354 No score

Updated fossil package fixes security vulnerability

Fossil before 2.10.2, 2.11.x before 2.11.2, and 2.12.x before 2.12.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code. An attacker must have check-in privileges on the repository (CVE-2020-24614).

The fossil package has been updated to version 2.10.2, containing fixes for this issue, fixes for other bugs and security issues, and additional enhancements. See the changes list for details.

Record
MGASA-2020-0354
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2020:1478-1 No score

Security update for fossil

This update for fossil fixes the following issues:

  • fossil 2.12.1:

    • CVE-2020-24614: Remote authenticated users with check-in or administrative privileges could have executed arbitrary code [boo#1175760]
    • Security fix in the 'fossil git export' command. New 'safety-net' features were added to prevent similar problems in the future.
    • Enhancements to the graph display for cases when there are many cherry-pick merges into a single check-in. Example
    • Enhance the fossil open command with the new --workdir option and the ability to accept a URL as the repository name, causing the remote repository to be cloned automatically. Do not allow 'fossil open' to open in a non-empty working directory unless the --keep option or the new --force option is used.
    • Enhance the markdown formatter to more closely follow the CommonMark specification with regard to text highlighting. Underscores in the middle of identifiers (ex: fossil_printf()) no longer need to be escaped.
    • The markdown-to-html translator can prevent unsafe HTML (for example: <script>) on user-contributed pages like forum and tickets and wiki. The admin can adjust this behavior using the safe-html setting on the Admin/Wiki page. The default is to disallow unsafe HTML everywhere.
    • Added the 'collapse' and 'expand' capability for long forum posts.
    • The 'fossil remote' command now has options for specifying multiple persistent remotes with symbolic names. Currently only one remote can be used at a time, but that might change in the future.
    • Add the 'Remember me?' checkbox on the login page. Use a session cookie for the login if it is not checked.
    • Added the experimental 'fossil hook' command for managing 'hook scripts' that run before checkin or after a push.
    • Enhance the fossil revert command so that it is able to revert all files beneath a directory.
    • Add the fossil bisect skip command.
    • Add the fossil backup command.
    • Enhance fossil bisect ui so that it shows all unchecked check-ins in between the innermost 'good' and 'bad' check-ins.
    • Added the --reset flag to the 'fossil add', 'fossil rm', and 'fossil addremove' commands.
    • Added the '--min N' and '--logfile FILENAME' flags to the backoffice command, as well as other enhancements to make the backoffice command a viable replacement for automatic backoffice. Other incremental backoffice improvements.
    • Added the /fileedit page, which allows editing of text files online. Requires explicit activation by a setup user.
    • Translate built-in help text into HTML for display on web pages.
    • On the /timeline webpage, the combination of query parameters 'p=CHECKIN' and 'bt=ANCESTOR' draws all ancestors of CHECKIN going back to ANCESTOR.
    • Update the built-in SQLite so that the 'fossil sql' command supports new output modes '.mode box' and '.mode json'.
    • Add the 'obscure()' SQL function to the 'fossil sql' command.
    • Added virtual tables 'helptext' and 'builtin' to the 'fossil sql' command, providing access to the dispatch table including all help text, and the builtin data files, respectively.
    • Delta compression is now applied to forum edits.
    • The wiki editor has been modernized and is now Ajax-based.
  • Package the fossil.1 manual page.

  • fossil 2.11.1:

    • Make the 'fossil git export' command more restrictive about characters that it allows in the tag names
  • Add fossil-2.11-reproducible.patch to override build date (boo#1047218)

Record
openSUSE-SU-2020:1478-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2021:1070-1 No score

Security update for fossil

This update for fossil fixes the following issues:

  • fossil 2.12.1:

    • CVE-2020-24614: Remote authenticated users with check-in or administrative privileges could have executed arbitrary code [boo#1175760]
    • Security fix in the 'fossil git export' command. New 'safety-net' features were added to prevent similar problems in the future.
    • Enhancements to the graph display for cases when there are many cherry-pick merges into a single check-in. Example
    • Enhance the fossil open command with the new --workdir option and the ability to accept a URL as the repository name, causing the remote repository to be cloned automatically. Do not allow 'fossil open' to open in a non-empty working directory unless the --keep option or the new --force option is used.
    • Enhance the markdown formatter to more closely follow the CommonMark specification with regard to text highlighting. Underscores in the middle of identifiers (ex: fossil_printf()) no longer need to be escaped.
    • The markdown-to-html translator can prevent unsafe HTML (for example: <script>) on user-contributed pages like forum and tickets and wiki. The admin can adjust this behavior using the safe-html setting on the Admin/Wiki page. The default is to disallow unsafe HTML everywhere.
    • Added the 'collapse' and 'expand' capability for long forum posts.
    • The 'fossil remote' command now has options for specifying multiple persistent remotes with symbolic names. Currently only one remote can be used at a time, but that might change in the future.
    • Add the 'Remember me?' checkbox on the login page. Use a session cookie for the login if it is not checked.
    • Added the experimental 'fossil hook' command for managing 'hook scripts' that run before checkin or after a push.
    • Enhance the fossil revert command so that it is able to revert all files beneath a directory.
    • Add the fossil bisect skip command.
    • Add the fossil backup command.
    • Enhance fossil bisect ui so that it shows all unchecked check-ins in between the innermost 'good' and 'bad' check-ins.
    • Added the --reset flag to the 'fossil add', 'fossil rm', and 'fossil addremove' commands.
    • Added the '--min N' and '--logfile FILENAME' flags to the backoffice command, as well as other enhancements to make the backoffice command a viable replacement for automatic backoffice. Other incremental backoffice improvements.
    • Added the /fileedit page, which allows editing of text files online. Requires explicit activation by a setup user.
    • Translate built-in help text into HTML for display on web pages.
    • On the /timeline webpage, the combination of query parameters 'p=CHECKIN' and 'bt=ANCESTOR' draws all ancestors of CHECKIN going back to ANCESTOR.
    • Update the built-in SQLite so that the 'fossil sql' command supports new output modes '.mode box' and '.mode json'.
    • Add the 'obscure()' SQL function to the 'fossil sql' command.
    • Added virtual tables 'helptext' and 'builtin' to the 'fossil sql' command, providing access to the dispatch table including all help text, and the builtin data files, respectively.
    • Delta compression is now applied to forum edits.
    • The wiki editor has been modernized and is now Ajax-based.
  • Package the fossil.1 manual page.

  • fossil 2.11.1:

    • Make the 'fossil git export' command more restrictive about characters that it allows in the tag names
  • Add fossil-2.11-reproducible.patch to override build date (boo#1047218)

This update was imported from the openSUSE:Leap:15.2:Update update project.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2021:1070-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVopenSUSE-SU-2024:10764-1 No score

fossil-2.16-1.2 on GA media

These are all security issues fixed in the fossil-2.16-1.2 package on the GA media of openSUSE Tumbleweed.

Record
openSUSE-SU-2024:10764-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
fossil
Debian:12
before 1:2.12.1-1
1:2.12.1-1
fossil
Debian:13
before 1:2.12.1-1
1:2.12.1-1
fossil
Debian:14
before 1:2.12.1-1
1:2.12.1-1
fossil
Mageia:7
before 2.10.2-1.mga7
2.10.2-1.mga7
fossil
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:1.33-31:1.33-3ubuntu0.1~esm1
None known
fossil
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:2.2-11:2.4-11:2.4-1build11:2.5-11:2.5-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
None known
fossil
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS
All versions, plus listed versions
1:2.8-11:2.10-11:2.10-1ubuntu0.1
None known
fossil
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP1
before 2.12.1-bp152.2.3.1
2.12.1-bp152.2.3.1
fossil
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP2
before 2.12.1-bp152.2.3.1
2.12.1-bp152.2.3.1
fossil
openSUSE:Leap 15.1
before 2.12.1-bp152.2.3.1
2.12.1-bp152.2.3.1
fossil
openSUSE:Leap 15.2
before 2.12.1-bp152.2.3.1
2.12.1-bp152.2.3.1
fossil
SUSE:Package Hub 15 SP2
before 2.12.1-bp152.2.9.1
2.12.1-bp152.2.9.1
fossil
openSUSE:Tumbleweed
before 2.16-1.2
2.16-1.2

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2020-24614 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Fossil-scm Fossil, published August 25, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.12%, the 87th percentile. Fixed in fossil 1:2.12.1-1.

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