CVE-2017-8979
Security vulnerabilities in the HPE Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) firmware could be exploited...
Security vulnerabilities in the HPE Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) firmware could be exploited remotely to allow authentication bypass, code execution, and denial of service.
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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Security vulnerabilities in the HPE Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) firmware could be exploited remotely to allow authentication bypass, code execution, and denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2017-8979- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Security vulnerabilities in the HPE Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) firmware could be exploited remotely to allow authentication bypass, code execution, and denial of service.
- Record
CVE-2017-8979- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17919 No score
Security vulnerabilities in the HPE Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) firmware could be exploited remotely to allow authentication bypass, code execution, and denial of service.
- Record
EUVD-2017-17919- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x3xr-3gr5-982m
Security vulnerabilities in the HPE Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) firmware could be exploited...
Security vulnerabilities in the HPE Integrated Lights-Out 2 (iLO 2) firmware could be exploited remotely to allow authentication bypass, code execution, and denial of service.
- Record
GHSA-x3xr-3gr5-982m- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-8979 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Integrated Lights-out 2 (ilo 2), published February 15, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 4.82%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.