CVE-2017-18001

Trustwave Secure Web Gateway (SWG) through 11.8.0.27 allows remote attackers to append an...

9.8 CriticalPublic exploit

Trustwave Secure Web Gateway (SWG) through 11.8.0.27 allows remote attackers to append an arbitrary public key to the device's SSH Authorized Keys data, and consequently obtain remote root access, via the publicKey parameter to the /sendKey URI.

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

14.1%Up 8.1 points since Apr 14, 2021

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Record: CVE-2017-18001
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness: CWE-306
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2017-18001
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2017-9143 No score

Record: EUVD-2017-9143
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-p7mr-jqmx-qq7x 9.8

Trustwave Secure Web Gateway (SWG) through 11.8.0.27 allows remote attackers to append an...

Record: GHSA-p7mr-jqmx-qq7x
CVSS 3.0: 9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness: CWE-306
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

trustwave secure web gateway

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	Trustwave SWG 11.8.0.27 - SSH Unauthorized Access	2017-12-26

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2017-18001 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Trustwave Secure Web Gateway, published December 31, 2017. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.1%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.