PT-2017-14602 · Atlassian · Bitbucket Auto-Unapprove Plugin

Kristy · Published 2017-12-05 · Updated 2019-10-03 · CVE-2017-16857

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

8.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Bitbucket auto-unapprove plugin (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows an attacker to bypass the auto-unapprove plugin in Bitbucket via minimal brute-force, exploiting the asynchronous events on the back-end. This enables the attacker to merge any code into unsuspecting repositories.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16857

Affected Products

Bitbucket Auto-Unapprove Plugin

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16857 · Security Note
• https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/BSERV-10439 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16857 · Vendor Advisory