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Vulnerability record · CVE-2018-20234 · published 8 March 2019

CVE-2018-20234: Atlassian sourcetree argument injection vulnerability

Atlassian · Sourcetree

There was an argument injection vulnerability in Atlassian Sourcetree for macOS from version 1.2 before version 3.1.1 via filenames in Mercurial repositories. A remote attacker with permission to commit to a Mercurial repository linked in Sourcetree for macOS is able to exploit this issue to gain code execution on the system.

8.8 CVSS 3.0 High EPSS 5.9% · top 7.0% CWE-88 · Argument injection
8.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 9.0
5.9%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

There was an argument injection vulnerability in Atlassian Sourcetree for macOS from version 1.2 before version 3.1.1 via filenames in Mercurial repositories. A remote attacker with permission to commit to a Mercurial repository linked in Sourcetree for macOS is able to exploit this issue to gain code execution on the system.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152173/Sourcetree-Git-Arbitrary-Code-Execution-URL-Handling.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107414
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/SRCTREE-6391 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/30
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/152173/Sourcetree-Git-Arbitrary-Code-Execution-URL-Handling.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/107414
https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/SRCTREE-6391 Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/30

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2018-20234), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.