CVE-2017-6594
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 28, 2017 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:22 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLeapHeimdal
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The transit path validation code in Heimdal before 7.3 might allow attackers to bypass the capath policy protection mechanism by leveraging failure to add the previous hop realm to the transit path of issued tickets.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 7.2.0
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2017-08/msg00062.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.h5l.org/advisories.html?show=2017-04-13x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/b1e699103f08d6a0ca46a122193c9da65f6cf837x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.3.0CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-295
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