Code Execution Vulnerability in Sourcetree for Windows via Mercurial Repository Tag Name

CVE-2018-5226 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

There was an argument injection vulnerability in Sourcetree for Windows via Mercurial repository tag name that is going to be deleted. An attacker with permission to create a tag on a Mercurial repository linked in Sourcetree for Windows is able to exploit this issue to gain code execution on the system. All versions of Sourcetree for Windows before 2.5.5.0 are affected by this vulnerability.

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