{"id":"CVE-2017-12976","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-12976","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:54:47.023Z","title":"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,…","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.","published":"2017-08-20T20:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:04:15.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-20"],"affected":["git-annex project/git-annex"],"epss":{"score":0.0312,"percentile":0.87768,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://source.git-annex.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=doc/bugs/dashed_ssh_hostname_security_hole.mdwn","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://source.git-annex.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c24d0f0e8984576654e2be149005bc884fe0403a","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://source.git-annex.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=df11e54788b254efebb4898b474de11ae8d3b471","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4010","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00004.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://source.git-annex.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=doc/bugs/dashed_ssh_hostname_security_hole.mdwn","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://source.git-annex.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c24d0f0e8984576654e2be149005bc884fe0403a","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://source.git-annex.branchable.com/?p=source.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=df11e54788b254efebb4898b474de11ae8d3b471","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4010","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/09/msg00004.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12976","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}