CVE-2017-0916 Command injection in GitLab Community and Enterprise Editions

What is CVE-2017-0916?

CVE-2017-0916 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 21 Mar 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Gitlab Community Edition version 10.3 is vulnerable to a lack of input validation in the system_hook_push queue through web hook component resulting in remote code execution.

Weakness: CWE-20, CWE-77

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-0916?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Gitlab Gitlab.

How do I fix CVE-2017-0916?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2017-0916 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-0916 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-47xx-c7pc-hm29.