Is CVE-2015-5171 actively exploited?

CVE-2015-5171 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-20.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2015-5171?

CVE-2015-5171 has a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2015-5171?

Patch guidance is available from cloudfoundry security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2015-5171.

Fix CVE-2015-5171 - CRITICAL cloudfoundry cf-release

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2015-5171?

3 products: cloudfoundry cf-release, pivotal software cloud foundry elastic runtime, pivotal software cloud foundry uaa.

Description

The password change functionality in Cloud Foundry Runtime cf-release before 216, UAA before 2.5.2, and Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) Elastic Runtime before 1.7.0 allow attackers to have unspecified impact by leveraging failure to expire existing sessions.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: none
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: high
Integrity: high
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-613

Metadata

Primary Vendor: CLOUDFOUNDRY
Published: 10/24/2017
Last Modified: 4/20/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

cloudfoundry : cf-releasepivotal_software : cloud_foundry_elastic_runtimepivotal_software : cloud_foundry_uaa

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD