What is CVE-2017-7266?

CVE-2017-7266 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netflix Security Monkey, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-7266?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Open Redirect in Netflix Security Monkey

CVE-2017-7266

Netflix Security Monkey before 0.8.0 has an Open Redirect. The logout functionality accepted the "next" parameter which then redirects to any domain irrespective of the Host header.

Vulnerability class: Open Redirect

Published 2017-03-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (60.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Netflix Security Monkey

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-601 — URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect)

References

github.com/Netflix/security_monkey/releases/tag/v0.8.0 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/97088 (vdb-entry)
github.com/Netflix/security_monkey/commit/3b4da13efabb05970c80f464a50d3c1c12262… (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/Netflix/security_monkey/pull/482 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7266?: CVE-2017-7266 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Netflix Security Monkey, classified under URL Redirection to Untrusted Site (Open Redirect). CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2017-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-7266?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.