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CVE-2017-12836
CVS 1.12.x, when configured to use SSH for remote repositories, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a repository…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 6.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.1% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
CVS 1.12.x, when configured to use SSH for remote repositories, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a repository URL with a crafted hostname, as demonstrated by "-oProxyCommand=id;localhost:/bar."
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 13 days later
· 13 days later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.6% · top 6.1% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 100279 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170811 Re: CVS and ssh command injection (see CVE-2017-1000117, etc.) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- DSA-3940 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20170810 CVS and ssh command injection (see CVE-2017-1000117, etc.) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [bug-cvs] 20170810 CVS and ssh command injection (see CVE-2017-1000117, etc.) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1480800 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- GLSA-201709-17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- USN-3399-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2017-4373 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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