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CVE-2025-22165VulnerabilityPublished Updated

CVE-2025-22165: Atlassian Sourcetree for Mac · Security Misconfiguration

Affects Atlassian Sourcetree for MacSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.9 Medium.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 4.0 base score
5.9Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 4% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:L

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 24 Jul 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
Atlassian Sourcetree for MacAffected
  • >=4.2.8
Fixed in–

AI-suggested

To mitigate CVE-2025-22165, organizations should immediately upgrade all affected Sourcetree for Mac installations to the latest version beyond 4.2.11 as provided by Atlassian. If immediate upgrade is not feasible, restrict local access to Mac systems running vulnerable versions and enforce strict user privilege management to limit the ability of attackers to authenticate locally. Implement endpoint protection solutions capable of detecting suspicious activities related to code execution within development tools. Educate users about the risk of interacting with untrusted files or links within Sourcetree. Regularly audit and monitor development environments for unusual behavior or unauthorized code changes. Additionally, consider isolating development machines from sensitive networks and employing application whitelisting to prevent execution of unauthorized code. Maintain up-to-date backups of source code repositories to recover quickly in case of compromise.

Description

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).

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