CVE-2018-20234 json
There was an argument injection vulnerability in Atlassian Sourcetree for macOS from version 1.2 before version 3.1.1 via filenames in Merc…
published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2018-12800
- cvss
- 8.8
- version 3.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 5.9%
- EPSS 5.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
There was an argument injection vulnerability in Atlassian Sourcetree for macOS from version 1.2 before version 3.1.1 via filenames in Mercurial repositories. A remote attacker with permission to commit to a Mercurial repository linked in Sourcetree for macOS is able to exploit this issue to gain code execution on the system.
Patch / fix
- Atlassian Sourcetree for macOS 3.1.1
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5.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVD | 2.0 | 9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Affected products
- Atlassian Sourcetree for macOS
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-88 Improper Neutralization of Argument Delimiters in a Command
References
-
jira.atlassian.com
/browse/SRCTREE-6391
issue-tracking, vendor-advisory
-
securityfocus.com
/bid/107414
vdb-entry
-
seclists.org
/bugtraq/2019/Mar/30
mailing-list
- packetstormsecurity.com /files/152173/Sourcetree-Git-Arbitrary-Code-Execution-URL-Handling.html
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-20234
- NVD CVE-2018-20234
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