CVE-2017-12976: Git-Annex Project Git-Annex

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

git-annex before 6.20170818 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, as demonstrated by an ssh://-eProxyCommand= URL, a related issue to CVE-2017-9800, CVE-2017-12836, CVE-2017-1000116, and CVE-2017-1000117.

Affected products

• Git-Annex Project Git-Annex: up to and including 6.20170520

Published 2017-08-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.