CVE-2017-16857 describes a bypass vulnerability in the Atlassian Bitbucket Auto-Unapprove plugin, allowing attackers to merge unauthorized code into repositories. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 8.5) leverages asynchronous backend events, requiring low privileges and high attack complexity to achieve high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code or active exploitation is reported, its potential to compromise code integrity makes it a significant risk for organizations utilizing the affected plugin. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket_auto_unapprove_plugin:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket_auto_unapprove_plugin:1.0.0:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket_auto_unapprove_plugin:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket_auto_unapprove_plugin:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket_auto_unapprove_plugin:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/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.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.