CVE-2017-18001
N/A
Published: December 31, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:12 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSecure Web Gateway
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 14%
Description
Trustwave Secure Web Gateway (SWG) through 11.8.0.27 allows remote attackers to append an arbitrary public key to the device's SSH Authorized Keys data, and consequently obtain remote root access, via the publicKey parameter to the /sendKey URI.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 11.8.0.27
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/88x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3550x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Trustwave-Software-Updates/Important-Security-Update-for-Trustwave-Secure-Web-Gateway/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-306
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