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CVE-2017-6594
The transit path validation code in Heimdal before 7.3 might allow attackers to bypass the capath policy protection mechanism by…
High7.5EPSS 1.8%
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- mitre
Description
The transit path validation code in Heimdal before 7.3 might allow attackers to bypass the capath policy protection mechanism by leveraging failure to add the previous hop realm to the transit path of issued tickets.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 22% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/releases/tag/heimdal-7.3.0 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2017:2180 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.h5l.org/advisories.html?show=2017-04-13 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/heimdal/heimdal/commit/b1e699103f08d6a0ca46a122193c9da65f6cf837 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .