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CVE-2018-5226
- Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: none known
- Published: 2018-04-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Description
There was an argument injection vulnerability in Sourcetree for Windows via Mercurial repository tag name that is going to be deleted. An attacker with permission to create a tag on a Mercurial repository linked in Sourcetree for Windows is able to exploit this issue to gain code execution on the system. All versions of Sourcetree for Windows before 2.5.5.0 are affected by this vulnerability.
Affected products
- Atlassian Sourcetree for Windows: before 2.5.5.0 — fixed in 2.5.5.0
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Atlassian Sourcetree for Windows 2.5.5.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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