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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-14590 · published 13 December 2017

CVE-2017-14590: Atlassian bamboo vulnerability

Atlassian · Bamboo

Bamboo did not check that the name of a branch in a Mercurial repository contained argument parameters. An attacker who has permission to create a repository in Bamboo, edit an existing plan that has a non-linked Mercurialrepository, create or edit a plan when there is at least one linked Mercurial repository that the attacker has permission to use, or commit to a Mercurial repository used by a Bamboo plan which has branch detection enabled can execute code of their choice on systems that run a vulnerable version of Bamboo Server. Versions of Bamboo starting with 2.7.0 before 6.1.6 (the fixed version for 6.1.x) and from 6.2.0 before 6.2.5 (the fixed version for 6.2.x) are affected by this vulnerability.

9.1 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 2.4% · top 16.6%
9.1CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 9.0
2.4%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
6References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Bamboo did not check that the name of a branch in a Mercurial repository contained argument parameters. An attacker who has permission to create a repository in Bamboo, edit an existing plan that has a non-linked Mercurialrepository, create or edit a plan when there is at least one linked Mercurial repository that the attacker has permission to use, or commit to a Mercurial repository used by a Bamboo plan which has branch detection enabled can execute code of their choice on systems that run a vulnerable version of Bamboo Server. Versions of Bamboo starting with 2.7.0 before 6.1.6 (the fixed version for 6.1.x) and from 6.2.0 before 6.2.5 (the fixed version for 6.2.x) are affected by this vulnerability.

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102193 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamboo/bamboo-security-advisory-2017-12-13-939939816.html PatchVendor Advisory
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BAM-18843 Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102193 Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://confluence.atlassian.com/bamboo/bamboo-security-advisory-2017-12-13-939939816.html PatchVendor Advisory
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BAM-18843 Issue TrackingPatchVendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-14590), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.