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CVE-2017-14955

37
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-14955 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in Check_MK versions prior to 1.2.8p26. A race condition in the failed-login save feature allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive user information by accessing GUI crash reports. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) has a high confidentiality impact and low attack complexity, requiring no user interaction. While not actively exploited in the wild, an exploit (EDB-43021) is publicly available, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.2.3:i6:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.2.3:i7:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.2.4:b1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.2.5:i1:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:checkmk:checkmk:1.2.5:i2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
12.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-43021 · Oct 18, 2017
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1213 is in the 96th percentile among its peer group of 19,956 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-14955Moderate

check-mk: Mishandles certain errors within the failed-login save feature because of a race condition

Sep 25, 2017

References

mathias-kettner.com / check_mk_werks.php
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
mathias-kettner.de / check_mk_werks.php
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/43021
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry