CVE-2017-9794

Apache Geode gfsh query vulnerability

4.3 MediumFix available

When a cluster is operating in secure mode, a user with read privileges for specific data regions can use the gfsh command line utility to execute queries. In Apache Geode before 1.2.1, the query results may contain data from another user's concurrently executing gfsh query, potentially revealing data that the user is not authorized to view.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

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

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: Low
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

1.18%Down 0.1 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.3

Record: CVE-2017-9794
CVSS 3.0: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 4.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2017-9794
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-2127 No score

Record: EUVD-2022-2127
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-37m3-qp37-x3c6 4.3

Apache Geode gfsh query vulnerability

Record: GHSA-37m3-qp37-x3c6
CVSS 3.0: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 4.3

Record: CVE-2017-9794
CVSS 3.0: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-37m3-qp37-x3c6 4.3

Apache Geode gfsh query vulnerability

Record: GHSA-37m3-qp37-x3c6
CVSS 3.0: 4.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`org.apache.geode:geode-core` Maven	1.0.0 up to 1.2.1	1.2.1
`org.apache.geode:geode-core` Maven	1.0.0 up to 1.2.1, plus listed versions 1.0.0-incubating1.0.0-incubating.M21.0.0-incubating.M31.1.01.1.11.2.0	1.2.1

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-2017-9794 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Apache Geode, published September 29, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.18%, the 67th percentile. Fixed in org.apache.geode:geode-core 1.2.1.