What is CVE-2017-2617?

CVE-2017-2617 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hawt Hawtio, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2018-05-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-2617?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.

Arbitrary file upload in Hawt Hawtio

CVE-2017-2617

hawtio before version 1.5.5 is vulnerable to remote code execution via file upload. An attacker could use this vulnerability to upload a crafted file which could be executed on a target machine where hawtio is deployed.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2018-05-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-24.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Hawt Hawtio
[Unknown] Hawtio — versions hawtio 1.5.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0319 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/96036 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-2617?: CVE-2017-2617 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hawt Hawtio, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2018-05-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-2617?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.