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Case File

CVE-2017-6594

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 1.76% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-08-28 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

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

GitHub PoC Links
github.com ↗ github.com ↗

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

CVE
CVE-2017-6594
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
1.76%

Original Filing — NVD Description

The transit path validation code in Heimdal before 7.3 might allow attackers to bypass the capath policy protection mechanism by leveraging failure to add the previous hop realm to the transit path of issued tickets.