CVE-2017-1000117
HIGH8.8EPSS 70.2%git - security update
Published: 10/5/2017Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
A malicious third-party can give a crafted "ssh://..." URL to an unsuspecting victim, and an attempt to visit the URL can result in any program that exists on the victim's machine being executed. Such a URL could be placed in the .gitmodules file of a malicious project, and an unsuspecting victim could be tricked into running "git clone --recurse-submodules" to trigger the vulnerability.
Affected packages (4)
- Alpine/gitfrom 0, < 2.14.1-r0
- Debian/gitfrom 0, < 1:2.14.1-1
- Debian/gitfrom 0, < 1:1.7.10.4-1+wheezy5
- Debian/gitfrom 0, < 1:2.1.4-2.1+deb8u4
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |