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CVE-2017-18001

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.8 EPSS 13.82% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-12-31 · 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 13.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.

Public Exploit Signal

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

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CVE
CVE-2017-18001
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.8
EPSS
13.82%

Original NVD Description

Trustwave Secure Web Gateway (SWG) through 11.8.0.27 allows remote attackers to append an arbitrary public key to the device's SSH Authorized Keys data, and consequently obtain remote root access, via the publicKey parameter to the /sendKey URI.

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