Open .git scan – the results

I published an artice about my latest security scan aimed to the exposed git repositories.

The results:

230 000 000 domains checked (the list was build mainly from the Rapid 7 OpenData),
390 000 affected sites found,
100 000 alerts send.

The most of affected sites use PHP:

But after normalization the numbers according to the market share, the worst situation is among the Python:

I also tried to detect the CMS/E-commerce system, HTTP server, Operating Systems and Frameworks:

You can find more detailed information about the scan on our company blog.

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3 responses to “Open .git scan – the results”

Anonymous

June 14, 2022 at 5:33 am

Thanks

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anon

May 3, 2019 at 5:56 am

Just found your mail notif about it when tidy up my old email. The site affected not maintained by me again since years. But the problem still persist. I just want to say thank you ^_^

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Python & Ruby webserver config – the great misunderstanding – Vladimir Smitka

November 9, 2018 at 12:44 pm

[…] ago I ran a huge global scan for unintentionally exposed .git repositories. I was surprised to find many Python and Ruby applications with this issue. The total number wasn’t very high – around two thousand, […]

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About Me

My name is Vladimir Smitka and I’m a security researcher/hobbyist from the Czech Republic. I’m also the owner of Lynt, a PPC Agency. I’m also an active member of the Czech WordPress community and one of the WordCamp Prague organizers.

OPEN .GIT GLOBAL SCAN

230 000 000 sites scanned
390 000 sites affected
100 000 mail send to the developers
150 000+ sites fixed
100+ possitive comments
3500+ thankyou mails
Thousands and thousands sites with another serious issue found

For my research I use affordable Virtual Private Servers from Digital Ocean (they have a great infrascruture), Linode (they have a great understanding for my work) and dedicted servers from Hetzner.

If you like my research, you can make a small donation for coffee and VPS – two basic ingredients for my future security scans.

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