CVE-2017-15696

Apache Geode configuration request authorization vulnerability

7.5 HighFix available

CVE-2017-15696 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Apache Geode, published February 26, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.00%, the 80th percentile. Fixed in org.apache.geode:geode-core 1.4.0.

When an Apache Geode cluster before v1.4.0 is operating in secure mode, the Geode configuration service does not properly authorize configuration requests. This allows an unprivileged user who gains access to the Geode locator to extract configuration data and previously deployed application code.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

2.00%Up 0.8 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Record: CVE-2017-15696
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2017-15696
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-3891 No score

Record: EUVD-2022-3891
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g569-49wg-jx5f 7.5

Apache Geode configuration request authorization vulnerability

Record: GHSA-g569-49wg-jx5f
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 7.5

Record: CVE-2017-15696
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-g569-49wg-jx5f 7.5