CVE-2017-5617

Server Side Request Forgery in svgSalamander

7.4 HighFix available

The SVG Salamander (aka svgSalamander) library, when used in a web application, allows remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via an xlink:href attribute in an SVG file.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

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

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: High
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

1.99%Down 0.5 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.4

Record: CVE-2017-5617
CVSS 3.1: 7.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 5.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weakness: CWE-918
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2017-5617
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2018-0609 No score

Record: EUVD-2018-0609
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-h3wv-47xm-4mg6 7.4

Server Side Request Forgery in svgSalamander

Record: GHSA-h3wv-47xm-4mg6
CVSS 3.1: 7.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-918
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 7.4

Record: CVE-2017-5617
CVSS 3.1: 7.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2017-5617 7.4

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2017-5617
CVSS 3.1: 7.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-h3wv-47xm-4mg6 7.4

Server Side Request Forgery in svgSalamander

Record: GHSA-h3wv-47xm-4mg6
CVSS 3.1: 7.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness: CWE-918
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2017-5617 7.4

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2017-5617
CVSS 3.1: 7.4 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 3.0: 7.4 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVMGASA-2019-0160 No score

Updated svgsalamander packages fix security vulnerability

A vulnerability was found in the svgsalamander library. If the library is being used in a web application for processing user supplied SVG files then the app is vulnerable to SSRF (CVE-2017-5617).

Record: MGASA-2019-0160
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`com.kitfox.svg:svg-salamander` Maven	before 1.1.2	1.1.2
`svgsalamander` Debian:12	before 1.1.1+dfsg-2	1.1.1+dfsg-2
`svgsalamander` Debian:13	before 1.1.1+dfsg-2	1.1.1+dfsg-2
`svgsalamander` Debian:14	before 1.1.1+dfsg-2	1.1.1+dfsg-2
`svgsalamander` Debian:7	before 0~svn95-1+deb7u1, plus listed versions 0~svn95-1	0~svn95-1+deb7u1
`svgsalamander` Debian:8	before 0~svn95-1+deb8u1, plus listed versions 0~svn95-1	0~svn95-1+deb8u1
`com.kitfox.svg:svg-salamander` Maven	before 1.1.2, plus listed versions 1.0	1.1.2
`svgsalamander` Mageia:6	before 1.1.2-1.mga6	1.1.2-1.mga6
`svgsalamander` Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	before 0~svn95-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1, plus listed versions 0~svn95-1	0~svn95-1+deb8u1build0.14.04.1
`svgsalamander` Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	before 0~svn95-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1, plus listed versions 0~svn95-1	0~svn95-1+deb8u1build0.16.04.1

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-2017-5617 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.4) in Kitfox Svg Salamander, published February 3, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.99%, the 80th percentile. Fixed in com.kitfox.svg:svg-salamander 1.1.2.

References

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