Is CVE-2017-17562 actively exploited?

CVE-2017-17562 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-10-22.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2017-17562?

CVE-2017-17562 has a CVSS score of 8.1 (HIGH severity). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

How do I patch CVE-2017-17562?

Patch guidance is available from embedthis security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2017-17562.

Fix CVE-2017-17562 - HIGH embedthis goahead

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2017-17562?

3 products: embedthis goahead, oracle integrated lights out manager, oracle integrated lights out manager.

Description

Embedthis GoAhead before 3.6.5 allows remote code execution if CGI is enabled and a CGI program is dynamically linked. This is a result of initializing the environment of forked CGI scripts using untrusted HTTP request parameters in the cgiHandler function in cgi.c. When combined with the glibc dynamic linker, this behaviour can be abused for remote code execution using special parameter names such as LD_PRELOAD. An attacker can POST their shared object payload in the body of the request, and reference it using /proc/self/fd/0.

CVSS Metrics

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

Metadata

Primary Vendor: EMBEDTHIS
Published: 12/12/2017
Last Modified: 10/22/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

embedthis : goaheadoracle : integrated_lights_out_manageroracle : integrated_lights_out_manager

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD