CVE-2017-18038 is a path traversal vulnerability affecting Atlassian Bitbucket Server versions prior to 5.6.0, allowing remote attackers to read the first line of arbitrary files by manipulating the default branch name in repository settings. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.3, indicating a low-complexity network attack that can lead to partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:atlassian:bitbucket:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.