CVE-2017-16228
Dulwich RCE Vulnerability
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.42%
Description
Dulwich before 0.18.5, when an SSH subprocess is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, a related issue to CVE-2017-9800, CVE-2017-12836, CVE-2017-12976, CVE-2017-1000116, and CVE-2017-1000117.
How to fix CVE-2017-16228
To remediate CVE-2017-16228, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.18.5-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.18.5 or later
- —upgrade to 0.18.5 or later
Is CVE-2017-16228 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 0.18.5-1
- from 0, < 0.18.5
- from 0, < 0.18.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |