What is CVE-2017-7488?

CVE-2017-7488 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Authconfig, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-05-16.

How severe is CVE-2017-7488?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Authconfig

CVE-2017-7488

Authconfig version 6.2.8 is vulnerable to an Information exposure while using SSSD to authenticate against remote server resulting in the leak of information about existing usernames.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2017-05-16 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (72.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Authconfig — versions 6.2.8
Authconfig Project — versions 6.2.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

pagure.io/authconfig/c/0972f61ad4b5657ed89cf953e8f58f6513096224 (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/101784 (vdb-entry)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2285 (vendor-advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7488?: CVE-2017-7488 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Authconfig, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2017-05-16.
How severe is CVE-2017-7488?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.