THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-16228
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2017-16228

Dulwich vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Dulwich before 0.18.5, when an SSH subprocess is used, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via an ssh URL with an initial dash character in the hostname, a related issue to CVE-2017-9800, CVE-2017-12836, CVE-2017-12976, CVE-2017-1000116, and CVE-2017-1000117.
Affected vendor
Dulwich Project
Affected product
Dulwich
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2017-10-29

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-16228

  • Confirm whether Dulwich Project Dulwich is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-16228.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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