VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2017-9797
CVSS score6.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.36%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2017-10-03
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Description
When an Apache Geode cluster before v1.2.1 is operating in secure mode, an unauthenticated client can enter multi-user authentication mode and send metadata messages. These metadata operations could leak information about application data types. In addition, an attacker could perform a denial of service attack on the cluster.
Weakness classification
- CWE-200: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor