AUGUST 4, 2026
Live Feed
Back to database
Case File

CVE-2017-12786

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 25.26% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-08-22 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a critical severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 9.8. Public exploit code or proof-of-concept references have been detected in its references. Its EPSS score suggests a 25.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

Detected Signals
code execution
External Security References

Note: these links are listed for security research and verification purposes only.

CVE
CVE-2017-12786
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
25.26%

Original NVD Description

Network interfaces of the cliengine and noviengine services, included in the NoviWare software distribution through NW400.2.6 and deployed on NoviSwitch devices, can be inadvertently exposed if an operator attempts to modify ACLs, because of a bug when ACL modifications are applied. This could be leveraged by remote, unauthenticated attackers to gain resultant privileged (root) code execution on the switch, because there is a stack-based buffer overflow during unserialization of packet data.

Related CVEs

Other vulnerabilities affecting the same vendor(s)