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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2017-1000487

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CVE-2017-1000487

plexus-utils: Mishandled strings in Commandline class allow for command injection

Published Modified CWE 78
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GHSA9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat7.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD, GHSA. Rated lower by Red Hat (medium), Ubuntu (medium).

Description

Plexus-utils before 3.0.16 is vulnerable to command injection because it does not correctly process the contents of double quoted strings.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils3.0.16
debian 11plexus-utils23.0.22-1
debian 12plexus-utils23.0.22-1
debian 13plexus-utils23.0.22-1
debian 14plexus-utils23.0.22-1
debian 7plexus-utils, plexus-utils21:1.5.15-4+deb7u1 and 1 more
debian 8plexus-utils, plexus-utils21:1.5.15-4+deb8u1 and 1 more
debian 9plexus-utils1:1.5.15-4+deb9u1
echoplexus-utils23.0.22-1
Red Hatopendaylight, plexus-utils, plexus-utils-javadocno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04plexus-utils, plexus-utils21:1.5.15-4+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 and 1 more
ubuntu 14.04-ESMplexus-utils, plexus-utils21:1.5.15-4+deb8u1build0.14.04.1 and 1 more
Show all 20 entries from 14 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
maven::GitHub Security Advisory Mavenorg.codehaus.plexus:plexus-utils3.0.16
debian 11plexus-utils23.0.22-1
debian 12plexus-utils23.0.22-1
debian 13plexus-utils23.0.22-1
debian 14plexus-utils23.0.22-1
debian 7plexus-utils1:1.5.15-4+deb7u1
debian 7plexus-utils22.0.5-1+deb7u1
debian 8plexus-utils1:1.5.15-4+deb8u1
debian 8plexus-utils23.0.15-1+deb8u1
debian 9plexus-utils1:1.5.15-4+deb9u1
echoplexus-utils23.0.22-1
Red Hatopendaylightno fix listed
Red Hatplexus-utilsno fix listed
Red Hatplexus-utils-javadocno fix listed
ubuntu 14.04plexus-utils1:1.5.15-4+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
ubuntu 14.04plexus-utils22.0.5-1+deb7u1build0.14.04.1
ubuntu 14.04-ESMplexus-utils1:1.5.15-4+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
ubuntu 14.04-ESMplexus-utils22.0.5-1+deb7u1build0.14.04.1
ubuntu 16.04plexus-utils1:1.5.15-4+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
ubuntu 16.04-ESMplexus-utils1:1.5.15-4+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

References

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