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CVE-2017-12426

29
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-12426 is a critical vulnerability affecting multiple versions of GitLab Community Edition (CE) and Enterprise Edition (EE) prior to specified patch levels. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious SSH URL during a project import. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 8.17.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
<= 8.17.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:*:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:9.0.0:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
9.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:9.0.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
9.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gitlab:gitlab:9.0.1:*:*:*:community:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.54%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0354 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 14,875 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

about.gitlab.com / 2017/08/10/gitlab-9-dot-4-dot-4-released
MitigationRelease NotesVendor Advisory
mail-archive.com / linux-kernel%40vger.kernel.org/msg1466490.html