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CVE-2017-17878

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 1.60% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-12-27 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

AI analysis pending.

Public Exploit Signal

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

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗

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CVE
CVE-2017-17878
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
1.60%

Original NVD Description

An issue was discovered in Valve Steam Link build 643. Root passwords longer than 8 characters are truncated because of the default use of DES (aka the CONFIG_FEATURE_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO="des" setting).