CVE-2017-9796

Apache Geode OQL bind parameter vulnerability

5.3 MediumFix available

CVE-2017-9796 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.3) in Apache Geode, published January 10, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.48%, the 73rd percentile. Fixed in org.apache.geode:geode-core 1.3.0.

When an Apache Geode cluster before v1.3.0 is operating in secure mode, a user with read access to specific regions within a Geode cluster may execute OQL queries containing a region name as a bind parameter that allow read access to objects within unauthorized regions.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

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

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: High
Integrity: None
Availability: None

Exploit likelihood

1.48%Up 0.2 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.3

Record: CVE-2017-9796
CVSS 3.0: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0: 3.5 LowAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2017-9796
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-4909 No score

Record: EUVD-2022-4909
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-q7cp-r6cj-hpf5 5.3

Apache Geode OQL bind parameter vulnerability

Record: GHSA-q7cp-r6cj-hpf5
CVSS 3.0: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness: CWE-200
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 5.3

Record: CVE-2017-9796
CVSS 3.0: 5.3 MediumCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-q7cp-r6cj-hpf5 5.3