{"id":"CVE-2017-17459","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-17459","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:56:36.674Z","title":"http_transport.c in Fossil before 2.4, when the SSH sync protocol is used, allows user-assisted 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,…","description":"http_transport.c in Fossil before 2.4, when the SSH sync protocol is used, allows user-assisted 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-2017-14176, CVE-2017-16228, CVE-2017-1000116, and CVE-2017-1000117.","published":"2017-12-07T18:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:10:50.000Z","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":[],"affected":["fossil scm/fossil"],"epss":{"score":0.03168,"percentile":0.87949,"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 (3.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1071709","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BLAFCQGE7C5UMX75LESNUMKTXTURUVQM/","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/doc/trunk/www/changes.wiki#v2_4","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/info/1f63db591c77108c","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1071709","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BLAFCQGE7C5UMX75LESNUMKTXTURUVQM/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/doc/trunk/www/changes.wiki#v2_4","tags":["Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.fossil-scm.org/xfer/info/1f63db591c77108c","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17459","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."}