CVE-2017-12976
git-annex before 6.20170818 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, as demonstrated by an ssh://-eProxyCommand= URL, a related issue to CVE-2017-9800, CVE-2017-12836,…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
git-annex before 6.20170818 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, as demonstrated by an ssh://-eProxyCommand= URL, a related issue to CVE-2017-9800, CVE-2017-12836, CVE-2017-1000116, and CVE-2017-1000117.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.12% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- git-annex project/git-annex
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 3.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://source.git-annex.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=doc/bugs/dashed_ssh_hostname_security_hole.mdwn
- http://source.git-annex.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c24d0f0e8984576654e2be149005bc884fe0403a
- http://source.git-annex.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=df11e54788b254efebb4898b474de11ae8d3b471
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4010
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00004.html
- http://source.git-annex.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=doc/bugs/dashed_ssh_hostname_security_hole.mdwn
- http://source.git-annex.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c24d0f0e8984576654e2be149005bc884fe0403a
- http://source.git-annex.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=df11e54788b254efebb4898b474de11ae8d3b471
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4010
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00004.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.