CVE-2018-20236

Sourcetree Git Arbitrary Code Execution / URL Handling

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

There was an command injection vulnerability in Sourcetree for Windows from version 0.5a before version 3.0.10 via URI handling. A remote attacker could send a malicious URI to a victim using Sourcetree for Windows to exploit this issue to gain code execution on the system.

Había una vulnerabilidad de inyección de comandos en Sourcetree para Windows, desde la versión 0.5a hasta la 3.0.10, mediante la gestión de URI. Un atacante remoto podría enviar una URL maliciosa a una víctima que utiliza Sourcetree para Windows para explotar este fallo con el fin obtener la ejecución de código en el sistema.

Sourcetree for macOS versions below 3.1.1 to 1.2 and Sourcetree for Windows versions below 3.0.17 to 0.5a suffer from code execution vulnerabilities related to the inclusion of git, a Mercurial hooks argument injection vulnerability, and a URI handling vulnerability.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-12-19 CVE Reserved
2019-03-08 CVE Published
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-77: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152173/Sourcetree-Git-Arbitrary-Code-Execution-URL-Handling.html	X_refsource_misc
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107401	Third Party Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/30	Mailing List

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/SRCTREEWIN-11291	2019-10-03

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Atlassian Search vendor "Atlassian"		Sourcetree Search vendor "Atlassian" for product "Sourcetree"				>= 0.5a < 3.0.10 Search vendor "Atlassian" for product "Sourcetree" and version " >= 0.5a < 3.0.10"		windows		Affected