CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2025-22165

Improper Privilege Management

Published: Jul 24, 2025 | Modified: Jul 30, 2025
CVSS 3.x
7.3
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

This Medium severity ACE (Arbitrary Code Execution) vulnerability was introduced in version 4.2.8 of Sourcetree for Mac.

This ACE (Arbitrary Code Execution) vulnerability, with a CVSS Score of 5.9, allows a locally authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code which has high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability, and requires user interaction. 

Atlassian recommends that Sourcetree for Mac users upgrade to the latest version. If you are unable to do so, upgrade your instance to one of the specified supported fixed versions. See the release notes https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/download-archives .

You can download the latest version of Sourcetree for Mac from the download center https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/download-archives .

This vulnerability was found through the Atlassian Bug Bounty Program by Karol Mazurek (AFINE).

Weakness

The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Sourcetree Atlassian 4.2.8 (including) 4.2.12 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References