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CVE-2017-14592

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-01-26 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

Sourcetree for macOS had several argument and command injection bugs in Mercurial and Git repository handling. An attacker with permission to commit to a repository linked in Sourcetree for macOS is able to exploit this issue to gain code execution on the system. From version 1.4.0 of Sourcetree for macOS, this vulnerability can be triggered from a webpage through the use of the Sourcetree URI handler. Versions of Sourcetree for macOS starting with 1.0b2 before version 2.7.0 are affected by this vulnerability.

Affected products

• Atlassian Sourcetree for Windows: from 1.0 before 2.7; 1.0-beta2, 1.0-beta3, 1.0-beta4, 1.0-beta5, 1.0-rc1 — fixed in 2.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Atlassian Sourcetree for Windows 2.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102926
• https://confluence.atlassian.com/sourcetreekb/sourcetree-security-advisory-2018-01-24-942834324.html
• https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/SRCTREE-5243
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102926
• https://confluence.atlassian.com/sourcetreekb/sourcetree-security-advisory-2018-01-24-942834324.html
• https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/SRCTREE-5243

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