What is CVE-2017-9286?

CVE-2017-9286 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Leap. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-9286?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in openSUSE Leap

CVE-2017-9286

The packaging of NextCloud in openSUSE used /srv/www/htdocs in an unsafe manner, which could have allowed scripts running as wwwrun user to escalate privileges to root during nextcloud package upgrade.

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 66.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

openSUSE Leap — versions 42.3
SUSE Nextcloud — versions unspecified

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9286?: CVE-2017-9286 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Leap. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-9286?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.