CVE-2017-3204
HIGH
8.1
CVSS Score
Published: April 4, 2017 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorCrypto
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Severity
HIGH8.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
The Go SSH library (x/crypto/ssh) by default does not verify host keys, facilitating man-in-the-middle attacks. Default behavior changed in commit e4e2799 to require explicitly registering a hostkey verification mechanism.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (5)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97481x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bridge.grumpy-troll.org/2017/04/golang-ssh-security/x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/golang/crypto/commit/e4e2799dd7aab89f583e1d898300d96367750991x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/golang/go/issues/19767CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- HIGH
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-310NVD-CWE-noinfo
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