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CVE-2017-16857
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2017-12-05 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-362
Description
It is possible to bypass the bitbucket auto-unapprove plugin via minimal brute-force because it is relying on asynchronous events on the back-end. This allows an attacker to merge any code into unsuspecting repositories. This affects all versions of the auto-unapprove plugin, however since the auto-unapprove plugin is not bundled with Bitbucket Server it does not affect any particular version of Bitbucket.
Affected products
- Atlassian Auto-Unapprove Plugin (for Bitbucket Server): 1.0.0, 1.0.0-beta1, 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2 (+5)
References
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