CVE-2017-18635
MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: September 25, 2019 at 10:59 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:13 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxOpenStack
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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
An XSS vulnerability was discovered in noVNC before 0.6.2 in which the remote VNC server could inject arbitrary HTML into the noVNC web page via the messages propagated to the status field, such as the VNC server name.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Ubuntu Linux· Canonicalrubygems
95%Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%v < 0.6.2
Affected range stops below 0.6.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (10)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0754x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1656435x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/ShielderSec/cve-2017-18635x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/commit/6048299a138e078aed210f163111698c8c526a13#diff-286f7dc7b881e942e97cd50c10898f03L534x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/issues/748x_refsource_MISCRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/novnc/noVNC/releases/tag/v0.6.2Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00004.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00024.htmlCVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- CHANGED
- Confidentiality
- LOW
- Integrity
- LOW
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79
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