CVE-2017-1000001

FedMsg 0.18.1 and older is vulnerable to a message validation flaw resulting in message validation not being enabled if configured to be on.

Published: 2017-07-17 Last update: 2026-05-13 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2017-1000001 is rated Moderate Risk (48.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.61%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-1000001

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 6.49% 0.61% -5.87%
2 2025-03-29 0.61% 6.49% +5.87%
3 2025-03-19 0.61%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-1000001

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-1000001

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2017-1000001

GHSA-p7xc-35m8-57pr · Severity: high · Ecosystem: pip — FedMsg not properly completing message validation

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-1000001

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2017-1000001 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (fedmsg), 20 status rows across 20 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 16, ignored 2, needed 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-1000001

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-1000001

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fedoraproject fedmsg <= 0.18.1 cpe:2.3:a:fedoraproject:fedmsg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-1000001

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