CVE-2017-9857
** DISPUTED ** An issue was discovered in SMA Solar Technology products. The SMAdata2+...
An issue was discovered in SMA Solar Technology products. The SMAdata2+ communication protocol does not properly use authentication with encryption: it is vulnerable to man in the middle, packet injection, and replay attacks. Any setting change, authentication packet, scouting packet, etc. can be replayed, injected, or used for a man in the middle session. All functionalities available in Sunny Explorer can effectively be done from anywhere within the network as long as an attacker gets the packet setup correctly. This includes the authentication process for all (including hidden) access levels and the changing of settings in accordance with the gained access rights. Furthermore, because the SMAdata2+ communication channel is unencrypted, an attacker capable of understanding the protocol can eavesdrop on communications. NOTE: the vendor's position is that authentication with encryption is not required on an isolated subnetwork. Also, only Sunny Boy TLST-21 and TL-21 and Sunny Tripower TL-10 and TL-30 could potentially be affected
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- High
- 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
8.1
An issue was discovered in SMA Solar Technology products. The SMAdata2+ communication protocol does not properly use authentication with encryption: it is vulnerable to man in the middle, packet injection, and replay attacks. Any setting change, authentication packet, scouting packet, etc. can be replayed, injected, or used for a man in the middle session. All functionalities available in Sunny Explorer can effectively be done from anywhere within the network as long as an attacker gets the packet setup correctly. This includes the authentication process for all (including hidden) access levels and the changing of settings in accordance with the gained access rights. Furthermore, because the SMAdata2+ communication channel is unencrypted, an attacker capable of understanding the protocol can eavesdrop on communications. NOTE: the vendor's position is that authentication with encryption is not required on an isolated subnetwork. Also, only Sunny Boy TLST-21 and TL-21 and Sunny Tripower TL-10 and TL-30 could potentially be affected
- Record
CVE-2017-9857- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
An issue was discovered in SMA Solar Technology products. The SMAdata2+ communication protocol does not properly use authentication with encryption: it is vulnerable to man in the middle, packet injection, and replay attacks. Any setting change, authentication packet, scouting packet, etc. can be replayed, injected, or used for a man in the middle session. All functionalities available in Sunny Explorer can effectively be done from anywhere within the network as long as an attacker gets the packet setup correctly. This includes the authentication process for all (including hidden) access levels and the changing of settings in accordance with the gained access rights. Furthermore, because the SMAdata2+ communication channel is unencrypted, an attacker capable of understanding the protocol can eavesdrop on communications. NOTE: the vendor's position is that authentication with encryption is not required on an isolated subnetwork. Also, only Sunny Boy TLST-21 and TL-21 and Sunny Tripower TL-10 and TL-30 could potentially be affected
- Record
CVE-2017-9857- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-18767 No score
An issue was discovered in SMA Solar Technology products. The SMAdata2+ communication protocol does not properly use authentication with encryption: it is vulnerable to man in the middle, packet injection, and replay attacks. Any setting change, authentication packet, scouting packet, etc. can be replayed, injected, or used for a man in the middle session. All functionalities available in Sunny Explorer can effectively be done from anywhere within the network as long as an attacker gets the packet setup correctly. This includes the authentication process for all (including hidden) access levels and the changing of settings in accordance with the gained access rights. Furthermore, because the SMAdata2+ communication channel is unencrypted, an attacker capable of understanding the protocol can eavesdrop on communications. NOTE: the vendor's position is that authentication with encryption is not required on an isolated subnetwork. Also, only Sunny Boy TLST-21 and TL-21 and Sunny Tripower TL-10 and TL-30 could potentially be affected
- Record
EUVD-2017-18767- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-48px-gfg6-r8pv
8.1
** DISPUTED ** An issue was discovered in SMA Solar Technology products. The SMAdata2+...
** DISPUTED ** An issue was discovered in SMA Solar Technology products. The SMAdata2+ communication protocol does not properly use authentication with encryption: it is vulnerable to man in the middle, packet injection, and replay attacks. Any setting change, authentication packet, scouting packet, etc. can be replayed, injected, or used for a man in the middle session. All functionalities available in Sunny Explorer can effectively be done from anywhere within the network as long as an attacker gets the packet setup correctly. This includes the authentication process for all (including hidden) access levels and the changing of settings in accordance with the gained access rights. Furthermore, because the SMAdata2+ communication channel is unencrypted, an attacker capable of understanding the protocol can eavesdrop on communications. NOTE: the vendor's position is that authentication with encryption is not required on an isolated subnetwork. Also, only Sunny Boy TLST-21 and TL-21 and Sunny Tripower TL-10 and TL-30 could potentially be affected.
- Record
GHSA-48px-gfg6-r8pv- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- sma sunny tripower
- sma sunny boy 1.5
- sma sunny boy 1.5 firmware
- sma sunny boy 2.5 firmware
- sma sunny boy 3.0 firmware
- sma sunny boy 3.6 firmware
- sma sunny boy 3000tl firmware
- sma sunny boy 3600 firmware
- sma sunny boy 3600tl firmware
- sma sunny boy 4.0 firmware
- sma sunny boy 4000tl firmware
- sma sunny boy 5.0 firmware
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- sma sunny boy 5000 firmware
- sma sunny boy 5000tl firmware
- sma sunny boy storage 2.5 firmware
- sma sunny central 1000cp xt firmware
- sma sunny central 2200 firmware
- sma sunny central 500cp xt firmware
- sma sunny central 630cp xt firmware
- sma sunny central 720cp xt firmware
- sma sunny central 760cp xt firmware
- sma sunny central 800cp xt firmware
- sma sunny central 850cp xt firmware
- sma sunny central 900cp xt firmware
- sma sunny central storage 1000 firmware
- sma sunny central storage 2200 firmware
- sma sunny central storage 2500-ev firmware
- sma sunny central storage 500 firmware
- sma sunny central storage 630 firmware
- sma sunny central storage 720 firmware
- sma sunny central storage 760 firmware
- sma sunny central storage 800 firmware
- sma sunny central storage 850 firmware
- sma sunny central storage 900 firmware
- sma sunny tripower 12000tl firmware
- sma sunny tripower 15000tl firmware
- sma sunny tripower 20000tl firmware
- sma sunny tripower 25000tl firmware
- sma sunny tripower 5000tl firmware
- sma sunny tripower 60 firmware
- sma sunny tripower core1 firmware
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-2017-9857 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.1) in Sma Sunny Tripower, published August 5, 2017. Its validity is disputed. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.69%, the 52nd percentile.