CVE-2019-15000 Command injection in Bitbucket Data Center

Critical 9.8 Published 19 Sep 2019 Updated 17 Sep 2024

Remote attackers can execute commands and read arbitrary files by injecting arguments into git commands via the commit diff endpoint.

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

What is CVE-2019-15000?

CVE-2019-15000 is a critical command injection vulnerability in Atlassian Bitbucket Data Center, published on 19 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The commit diff rest endpoint in Bitbucket Server and Data Center before 5.16.10 (the fixed version for 5.16.x ), from 6.0.0 before 6.0.10 (the fixed version for 6.0.x), from 6.1.0 before 6.1.8 (the fixed version for 6.1.x), from 6.2.0 before 6.2.6 (the fixed version for 6.2.x), from 6.3.0 before 6.3.5 (the fixed version for 6.3.x), from 6.4.0 before 6.4.3 (the fixed version for 6.4.x), and from 6.5.0 before 6.5.2 (the fixed version for 6.5.x) allows remote attackers who have permission to access a repository, if public access is enabled for a project or repository then attackers are able to exploit this issue anonymously, to read the contents of arbitrary files on the system and execute commands via injecting additional arguments into git commands.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-15000?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Atlassian Bitbucket.

How do I fix CVE-2019-15000?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-15000 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-2019-15000 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-15000 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vh64-mrcj-mr4j.