What is CVE-2017-8768?

CVE-2017-8768 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Sourcetree, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-05-04.

How severe is CVE-2017-8768?

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

RCE in Atlassian Sourcetree

CVE-2017-8768

Atlassian SourceTree v2.5c and prior are affected by a command injection in the handling of the sourcetree:// scheme. It will lead to arbitrary OS command execution with a URL substring of sourcetree://cloneRepo/ext:: or sourcetree://check…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.083 (94.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Atlassian Sourcetree
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8768?: CVE-2017-8768 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Atlassian Sourcetree, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-05-04.
How severe is CVE-2017-8768?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.