What is CVE-2017-8966?

CVE-2017-8966 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Intelligent Management Center (Imc) Plat, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-02-15.

How severe is CVE-2017-8966?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Deserialization in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Intelligent Management Center (Imc) Plat

CVE-2017-8966

A Deserialization of Untrusted Data vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Intelligent Management Center (iMC) PLAT version 7.3 E0504P2 was found.

Vulnerability class: Insecure Deserialization

Published 2018-02-15 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.026 (84.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 85th percentile — 84.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.026 · newest: 0.026 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Intelligent Management Center (Imc) Plat — versions 7.3 E0504P2
HP Intelligent Management Center — versions 7.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-502 — Deserialization of Untrusted Data

References

support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display (Vendor Advisory)
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039684 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-8966?: CVE-2017-8966 is a high-severity vulnerability in Hewlett Packard Enterprise Intelligent Management Center (Imc) Plat, classified under Deserialization of Untrusted Data. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2018-02-15.
How severe is CVE-2017-8966?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.