CVE-2017-18038 Path traversal in Bitbucket Server

What is CVE-2017-18038?

CVE-2017-18038 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Atlassian Bitbucket Server, published on 2 Feb 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The repository settings resource in Atlassian Bitbucket Server before version 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to read the first line of arbitrary files via a path traversal vulnerability through the default branch name.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18038?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Atlassian Bitbucket.

How do I fix CVE-2017-18038?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-18038 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2017-18038 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18038 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Atlassian Bitbucket Server

• CVE-2022-36804 Atlassian Bitbucket Server and Data Center Command Injection Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2018-5225 Path traversal in Bitbucket Server Critical 9.9
• CVE-2022-43781 Command injection in Bitbucket Data Center Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-15000 Command injection in Bitbucket Data Center Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-3397 Path traversal in Bitbucket Data Center Critical 9.1

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-w5r2-hxmg-8w48.