High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 5, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2017-1000117
CVE-2017-1000117
Description
A malicious third-party can give a crafted "ssh://..." URL to an unsuspecting victim, and an attempt to visit the URL can result in any program that exists on the victim's machine being executed. Such a URL could be placed in the .gitmodules file of a malicious project, and an unsuspecting victim could be tricked into running "git clone --recurse-submodules" to trigger the vulnerability.
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Affected products
68cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 51 more
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=2.7.5
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.10.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.10.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.10.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.11.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.11.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.11.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.11.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.12.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.12.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.12.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.13.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.13.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.13.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.14.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.14.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.8.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.8.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.8.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.8.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.9.0:rc0:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.9.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.9.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:git-scm:git:2.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
- osv-coords16 versionspkg:hackage/git-annexpkg:rpm/opensuse/git&distro=openSUSE%20Tumbleweedpkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012-LTSSpkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20Raspberry%20Pi%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP2pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20OpenStack%20Cloud%206pkg:rpm/suse/git&distro=SUSE%20Studio%20Onsite%201.3
< 6.20170818+ 15 more
- (no CPE)range: < 6.20170818
- (no CPE)range: < 2.33.0-1.3
- (no CPE)range: < 2.12.3-27.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.12.3-27.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.12.3-27.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.12.3-27.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.12.3-27.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.12.3-27.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.12.3-27.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.12.3-27.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.12.3-27.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.12.4-0.18.3.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.12.3-27.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.12.3-27.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 2.12.3-27.5.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.7.12.4-0.18.3.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
12- www.securityfocus.com/bid/100283nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1039131nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201709-10nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- support.apple.com/HT208103nvdThird Party Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/42599/nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3934nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2484nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2485nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2491nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2674nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2675nvd
- www.mail-archive.com/linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1466490.htmlnvd
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