CVE-2017-18038
The repository settings resource in Atlassian Bitbucket Server before version 5.6.0 allows remote...
The repository settings resource in Atlassian Bitbucket Server before version 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to read the first line of arbitrary files via a path traversal vulnerability through the default branch name.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The repository settings resource in Atlassian Bitbucket Server before version 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to read the first line of arbitrary files via a path traversal vulnerability through the default branch name.
- Record
CVE-2017-18038- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
The repository settings resource in Atlassian Bitbucket Server before version 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to read the first line of arbitrary files via a path traversal vulnerability through the default branch name.
- Record
CVE-2017-18038- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9178 No score
The repository settings resource in Atlassian Bitbucket Server before version 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to read the first line of arbitrary files via a path traversal vulnerability through the default branch name.
- Record
EUVD-2017-9178- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w5r2-hxmg-8w48
The repository settings resource in Atlassian Bitbucket Server before version 5.6.0 allows remote...
The repository settings resource in Atlassian Bitbucket Server before version 5.6.0 allows remote attackers to read the first line of arbitrary files via a path traversal vulnerability through the default branch name.
- Record
GHSA-w5r2-hxmg-8w48- CVSS 3.0
- 5.3 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-22
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-18038 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Atlassian Bitbucket, published February 2, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.45%, the 73rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.