CVE-2017-12169

It was found that FreeIPA 4.2.0 and later could disclose password hashes to users having the 'System: Read Stage Users' permission. A remote, authenticated attacker could potentially use this flaw to disclose the password hashes belonging to Stage Users. This security issue does not result in disclosure of password hashes belonging to active standard users. NOTE: some developers feel that this report is a suggestion for a design change to Stage User activation, not a statement of a vulnerability.

Published: 2018-01-10 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2017-12169 is rated Moderate Risk (53.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.53%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2017-12169

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 2026-04-20 0.33% 0.53% +0.20%
2 2026-03-03 0.23% 0.33% +0.10%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.23% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2017-12169

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:H/I:N/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:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
 3.9 3.6 [email protected]
4.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/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:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 8.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2017-12169

OS Trackers for CVE-2017-12169

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2017-12169 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (freeipa), 3 status rows across 3 suites (bookworm, sid, trixie): open 3. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12169
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-12169
ubuntu low CVE-2017-12169 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (freeipa), 21 status rows across 21 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial, zesty): ignored 13, needed 8. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12169

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2017-12169

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freeipa freeipa >= 4.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:freeipa:freeipa:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2017-12169

URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102136 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1487697 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
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