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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.