Auth bypass in Trustwave Secure Web Gateway

CVE-2017-18001

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.138 (96.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-18001?
CVE-2017-18001 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Trustwave Secure Web Gateway, classified under Missing Authentication for Critical Function. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-12-31.
How severe is CVE-2017-18001?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.