CVE-2018-13396 Command injection in Sourcetree for macOS

High 8.8 Published 5 Nov 2018 Updated 16 Sep 2024

An attacker with commit access to a linked Mercurial repository can execute arbitrary code on the victim's macOS system via argument injection in Sourcetree.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-13396?

CVE-2018-13396 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Atlassian Sourcetree for macOS, published on 5 Nov 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

There was an argument injection vulnerability in Sourcetree for macOS from version 1.0b2 before version 3.0.0 via Git subrepositories in Mercurial repositories. An attacker with permission to commit to a Mercurial repository linked in Sourcetree for macOS is able to exploit this issue to gain code execution on the system.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-13396?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Atlassian Sourcetree.

How do I fix CVE-2018-13396?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-13396 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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

Is CVE-2018-13396 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13396 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-m9xm-c5p7-mr3h.