CVE-2017-17831 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

GitHub Git LFS before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, located on a "url =" line in a .lfsconfig file within a repository.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00729.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Git Large File Storage Project	Git Large File Storage

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:git_large_file_storage_project:git_large_file_storage:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-5497	GitHub Git LFS before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, located on a "url =" line in a .lfsconfig file within a repository.
Github GHSA	GHSA-w4xh-w33p-4v29	GitHub Git LFS Arbitrary command execution vulnerability

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://blog.recurity-labs.com/2017-08-10/scm-vulns
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102926
https://confluence.atlassian.com/sourcetreekb/sourcetree-security-advisory-2018-01-24-942834324.html
https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/pull/2242
https://github.com/git-lfs/git-lfs/releases/tag/v2.1.1

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-12-21T06:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-05T21:06:48.301Z

Reserved: 2017-12-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2017-17831

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-12-21T06:29:00.243

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2017-17831

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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