What is CVE-2017-9270?

CVE-2017-9270 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Cryptctl, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2018-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-9270?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.

Path Traversal in openSUSE Cryptctl

CVE-2017-9270

In cryptctl before version 2.0 a malicious server could send RPC requests that could overwrite files outside of the cryptctl key database.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2018-03-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.7 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (79.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 79.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

openSUSE Cryptctl — versions 2.0
SUSE Cryptctl — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9270?: CVE-2017-9270 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Cryptctl, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.7/10. Published 2018-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-9270?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.7 out of 10.