CVE-2017-16228
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 0.42%Dulwich RCE Vulnerability
Published: 5/13/2022Modified: 4/28/2026
Also known as:DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16228
Description
Dulwich before 0.18.5, when an SSH subprocess is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, a related issue to CVE-2017-9800, CVE-2017-12836, CVE-2017-12976, CVE-2017-1000116, and CVE-2017-1000117.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/dulwichfrom 0, < 0.18.5-1
- PyPI/dulwichfrom 0, < 0.18.5
- PyPI/dulwichfrom 0, < 0.18.5
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 4.0 | — | CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N |
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References (12)
- ADVISORYhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16228
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16228
- PATCHhttps://github.com/jelmer/dulwich
- WEBhttps://github.com/jelmer/dulwich/commit/7116a0cbbda571f7dac863f4b1c00b6e16d6d8d6
- WEBhttps://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/dulwich/PYSEC-2017-12.yaml
- WEBhttps://tracker.debian.org/news/882440
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20201220231743/https://www.dulwich.io/code/dulwich/commit/7116a0cbbda571f7dac863f4b1c00b6e16d6d8d6
- WEBhttps://web.archive.org/web/20210128154006/https://www.dulwich.io/code/dulwich
- WEBhttps://www.dulwich.io/code/dulwich
- WEBhttps://www.dulwich.io/code/dulwich/
- WEBhttps://www.dulwich.io/code/dulwich/commit/7116a0cbbda571f7dac863f4b1c00b6e16d6d8d6
- WEBhttps://www.dulwich.io/code/dulwich/commit/7116a0cbbda571f7dac863f4b1c00b6e16d6d8d6/