CVE-2017-4960

Cloud Foundry denial of service vulnerability

7.5 HighFix available

An issue was discovered in Cloud Foundry release v247 through v252, UAA stand-alone release v3.9.0 through v3.11.0, and UAA Bosh Release v21 through v26. There is a potential to subject the UAA OAuth clients to a denial of service attack.

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: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

1.58%Up 0.8 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

Record: CVE-2017-4960
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2017-4960
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-4241 No score

Record: EUVD-2022-4241
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hxgw-7539-pv7r 7.5

Cloud Foundry denial of service vulnerability

Record: GHSA-hxgw-7539-pv7r
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 7.5

Record: CVE-2017-4960
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-hxgw-7539-pv7r 7.5

Cloud Foundry denial of service vulnerability

Record: GHSA-hxgw-7539-pv7r
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server` Maven	3.10.0 up to 3.12.0	3.12.0
`org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server` Maven	before 3.9.8	3.9.8
`org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server` Maven	before 3.9.8, plus listed versions 3.0.03.0.13.1.03.2.03.2.1 Show 18 moreShow less 3.3.03.3.0.13.3.0.23.3.0.33.3.0.43.3.0.53.4.03.4.23.4.33.4.43.4.53.5.03.6.03.7.03.7.33.8.03.9.03.9.1	3.9.8

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-4960 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry, published March 10, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.58%, the 75th percentile. Fixed in org.cloudfoundry.identity:cloudfoundry-identity-server 3.12.0.