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CVE-2017-15697

N/A
Published: January 23, 2018 at 10:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:08 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNifi

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

A malicious X-ProxyContextPath or X-Forwarded-Context header containing external resources or embedded code could cause remote code execution. The fix to properly handle these headers was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.5.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Nifi· Apachemaven
95%
1.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.4.00.1.0 - 0.7.x1.0.0 - 1.4.0

Remediation

No guide yet

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Patch and advisory references

References (1)

x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2017-15697

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
PARTIAL
Availability
PARTIAL
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20

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