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CVE-2017-15696

Apache Geode configuration request authorization vulnerability

7.5 HighFix available

CVE-2017-15696 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Apache Geode, published February 26, 2018. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.00%, the 81st percentile. Fixed in org.apache.geode:geode-core 1.4.0.

What does this mean?
Severity
7.5 HighCVSS 3.0, NVD
Exploit chance
2.00%EPSS, 81st percentile
Exploitation
None knownNot on CISA’s or ENISA’s lists
Fixed in
1.4.0org.apache.geode:geode-core +1 more

Description

When an Apache Geode cluster before v1.4.0 is operating in secure mode, the Geode configuration service does not properly authorize configuration requests. This allows an unprivileged user who gains access to the Geode locator to extract configuration data and previously deployed application code.

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
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

2.00%Up 0.8 points since Apr 14, 2021
90%50%10%1%

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
org.apache.geode:geode-core
Maven
1.0.0 up to 1.4.0
1.4.0
org.apache.geode:geode-core
Maven
1.0.0 up to 1.4.0, plus listed versions
1.0.0-incubating1.0.0-incubating.M21.0.0-incubating.M31.1.01.1.11.2.01.2.11.3.0
1.4.0

What each source reports

NVD Score used7.5

When an Apache Geode cluster before v1.4.0 is operating in secure mode, the Geode configuration service does not properly authorize configuration requests. This allows an unprivileged user who gains access to the Geode locator to extract configuration data and previously deployed application code.

Record
CVE-2017-15696
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE ListNo score

When an Apache Geode cluster before v1.4.0 is operating in secure mode, the Geode configuration service does not properly authorize configuration requests. This allows an unprivileged user who gains access to the Geode locator to extract configuration data and previously deployed application code.

Record
CVE-2017-15696
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-3891No score

When an Apache Geode cluster before v1.4.0 is operating in secure mode, the Geode configuration service does not properly authorize configuration requests. This allows an unprivileged user who gains access to the Geode locator to extract configuration data and previously deployed application code.

Record
EUVD-2022-3891
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g569-49wg-jx5f7.5

Apache Geode configuration request authorization vulnerability

When an Apache Geode cluster before v1.4.0 is operating in secure mode, the Geode configuration service does not properly authorize configuration requests. This allows an unprivileged user who gains access to the Geode locator to extract configuration data and previously deployed application code.

Record
GHSA-g569-49wg-jx5f
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV7.5

When an Apache Geode cluster before v1.4.0 is operating in secure mode, the Geode configuration service does not properly authorize configuration requests. This allows an unprivileged user who gains access to the Geode locator to extract configuration data and previously deployed application code.

Record
CVE-2017-15696
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVGHSA-g569-49wg-jx5f7.5

Apache Geode configuration request authorization vulnerability

When an Apache Geode cluster before v1.4.0 is operating in secure mode, the Geode configuration service does not properly authorize configuration requests. This allows an unprivileged user who gains access to the Geode locator to extract configuration data and previously deployed application code.

Record
GHSA-g569-49wg-jx5f
CVSS 3.0
7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02

History

History
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