What is CVE-2017-0915?

CVE-2017-0915 is a critical-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-21.

How severe is CVE-2017-0915?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in GitLab

CVE-2017-0915

Gitlab Community Edition version 10.2.4 is vulnerable to a lack of input validation in the GitlabProjectsImportService resulting in remote code execution.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2018-03-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.055 (92.5th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.055 · newest: 0.055 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GitLab
GitLab Community And Enterprise Editions — versions 10.2.0 - 10.2.5 Fixed in 10.2.6, 8.9 - 10.1.5 Fixed in 10.1.6, 10.3.0 - 10.3.3 Fixed in 10.3.4
Debian Linux — versions 9.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4145 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
hackerone.com/reports/298873 (Permissions Required)
about.gitlab.com/2018/01/16/gitlab-10-dot-3-dot-4-released/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-0915?: CVE-2017-0915 is a critical-severity vulnerability in GitLab, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-03-21.
How severe is CVE-2017-0915?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.