Is CVE-2018-13396 actively exploited?

No active exploitation of CVE-2018-13396 has been confirmed so far. Continue monitoring, as exploit status can change.

Can CVE-2018-13396 be exploited remotely?

Yes. CVE-2018-13396 is exploitable remotely over the network (CVSS attack vector: Network).

What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-13396?

CVE-2018-13396 has a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH).

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HIGH

CVE-2018-13396

NVD-CWE-noinfoPublished: November 5, 2018· Updated: Jun 17, 2026

8.8

CVSS v3.1

Official Description

There was an argument injection vulnerability in Sourcetree for macOS from version 1.0b2 before version 3.0.0 via Git subrepositories in Mercurial repositories. An attacker with permission to commit to a Mercurial repository linked in Sourcetree for macOS is able to exploit this issue to gain code execution on the system.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2018-13396 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.

Exploitation requires low privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.

A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 8.8.