{"id":"CVE-2017-17536","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-17536","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:02:15.014Z","title":"Phabricator before 2017-11-10 does not block the --config and --debugger flags to the Mercurial hg program, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the web UI to browse a branch whose name begins with a --config= or --debugger=…","description":"Phabricator before 2017-11-10 does not block the --config and --debugger flags to the Mercurial hg program, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by using the web UI to browse a branch whose name begins with a --config= or --debugger= substring.","published":"2017-12-11T07:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:11:14.000Z","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":["phacility/phabricator"],"epss":{"score":0.02005,"percentile":0.807,"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 (2.00%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/288704","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://secure.phabricator.com/T13012","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://hackerone.com/reports/288704","tags":["Issue Tracking","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://secure.phabricator.com/T13012","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17536","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."}