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CVE-2017-8768

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-05-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Atlassian SourceTree v2.5c and prior are affected by a command injection in the handling of the sourcetree:// scheme. It will lead to arbitrary OS command execution with a URL substring of sourcetree://cloneRepo/ext:: or sourcetree://checkoutRef/ext:: followed by the command. The Atlassian ID number is SRCTREE-4632.

Affected products

• Atlassian Sourcetree for Windows: through 2.5c

References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/03/5
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98329
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ1_Ht-0Bdo
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/05/03/5
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/May/10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/98329
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQ1_Ht-0Bdo

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