CVE-2017-1000117

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 77.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2017-10-05 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-601

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 products

git: through 2.7.5; 2.8.0, 2.8.0-rc0, 2.8.0-rc1, 2.8.0-rc2, 2.8.0-rc3, 2.8.1 (+44)

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3934
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100283
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039131
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2484
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2485
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2491
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2674
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2675
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-10
https://support.apple.com/HT208103
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42599/
https://www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1466490.html

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