CVE-2017-17831: 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…

PriorityP354high8.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUIRSUCHIHAH

EPSS

3.68%

88.3th percentile

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.

Affected

5 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	git-lfs	—	—
git-lfs	git-lfs	>= 0 < 2.3.4-1	2.3.4-1
git_large_file_storage_project	git_large_file_storage	< 2.1.1	2.1.1
github.com	git-lfs_git-lfs	>= 0 < 2.1.1-0.20170519163204-f913f5f9c7c6	2.1.1-0.20170519163204-f913f5f9c7c6
github.com	git-lfs_git-lfs	>= 0 < 2.1.1-0.20170519163204-f913f5f9c7c6+incompatible	2.1.1-0.20170519163204-f913f5f9c7c6+incompatible

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.08.8HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.06.8MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv8.8HIGH

vendor_debian8.8LOW

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