CVE-2017-18026
mediumpriority · track · 36EPSS 0.028 · 87 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
Redmine before 3.2.9, 3.3.x before 3.3.6, and 3.4.x before 3.4.4 does not block the --config and --debugger flags to the Mercurial hg program, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands (through the Mercurial adapter) via vectors involving a branch whose name begins with a --config= or --debugger= substring, a related issue to CVE-2017-17536.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–8.8
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affected products (5)
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references (18)
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- https://github.com/redmine/redmine/commit/58ed8655136ff2fe5ff7796859bf6a399c76c678cnnvd
- https://github.com/redmine/redmine/commit/9d797400eaec5f9fa7ba9507c82d9c18cb91d02ecnnvd
- https://github.com/redmine/redmine/commit/ca87bf766cdc70179cb2dce03015d78ec9c13ebdcnnvd
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4191cnnvd
- https://www.redmine.org/issues/27516cnnvd
- https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Security_Advisoriescnnvd
- https://github.com/redmine/redmine/commit/58ed8655136ff2fe5ff7796859bf6a399c76c678enisa_euvd
- https://github.com/redmine/redmine/commit/9d797400eaec5f9fa7ba9507c82d9c18cb91d02eenisa_euvd
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