CVE-2018-5223
Fisheye and Crucible did not correctly check if a configured Mercurial repository URI contained values that the Windows operating system…
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- atlassian
Description
Fisheye and Crucible did not correctly check if a configured Mercurial repository URI contained values that the Windows operating system may consider argument parameters. An attacker who has permission to add a repository in Fisheye or Crucible can execute code of their choice on systems that run a vulnerable version of Fisheye or Crucible on the Windows operating system. All versions of Fisheye and Crucible before 4.4.6 (the fixed version for 4.4.x) and from 4.5.0 before 4.5.3 (the fixed version for 4.5.x) are affected by this vulnerability.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.2 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 18% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- Argument Injection
- CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs
Affected products
Atlassian · Fisheye and Crucible
- affected unspecified – < 4.4.6
- affected 4.5.0 – < unspecified
- affected unspecified – < 4.5.3
References (5)
- https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/aS5sO (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/CRUC-8181 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 103665 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/Zi5sO (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/FE-7014 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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