CVE-2018-5223 Command injection in Fisheye and Crucible
An attacker with repository addition permissions can execute arbitrary code on Windows systems by injecting arguments into Mercurial repository URIs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2018-5223?
CVE-2018-5223 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Atlassian Crucible, published on 29 Mar 2018. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Fisheye and Crucible did not correctly check if a configured Mercurial repository URI contained values that the Windows operating system may consider argument parameters. An attacker who has permission to add a repository in Fisheye or Crucible can execute code of their choice on systems that run a vulnerable version of Fisheye or Crucible on the Windows operating system. All versions of Fisheye and Crucible before 4.4.6 (the fixed version for 4.4.x) and from 4.5.0 before 4.5.3 (the fixed version for 4.5.x) are affected by this vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-5223?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Atlassian Crucible, Atlassian Fisheye.
How do I fix CVE-2018-5223?
No fix has been published for CVE-2018-5223 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-2018-5223 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-5223 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Atlassian Crucible
Sources
Also known as GHSA-cmrm-j5wq-2rcr.