VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-1000256
CVSS score8.1 HIGH
EPSS probability1.71%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-10-31
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
libvirt version 2.3.0 and later is vulnerable to a bad default configuration of "verify-peer=no" passed to QEMU by libvirt resulting in a failure to validate SSL/TLS certificates by default.
Weakness classification
- CWE-295: Improper Certificate Validation
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org
- cve@mitre.org — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory