Predictive Vulnerability Intelligence.

Product

  • Product
  • Pricing
  • Documentation

Company

  • About
  • Partnerships
  • Blog
  • Support

Legal

  • Terms
  • Privacy
  • Data Licensing

© 2026 FAUCET Technologies LLC. All rights reserved.

CVE-2017-15715

82
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15715 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting Apache httpd versions 2.4.0 to 2.4.29, where a flaw in the <FilesMatch> directive allows attackers to bypass filename restrictions by matching the '$' character to a newline in malicious filenames. This could lead to unauthorized file uploads in environments relying on trailing filename matching for security. With a CVSS score of 8.1 (High) and an EPSS score indicating high exploitability, this vulnerability presents a significant risk, potentially allowing for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, a Nuclei template exists for arbitrary file upload, and it has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness and potential for exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.4.0, <= 2.4.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
14.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
16.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
86.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2017-15715 · Apr 23, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8601 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (38)

apachepatch availablevia llm_extracted
Fixed in: 2.4
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-0:1-6.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-apache-commons-daemon-jsvc-1:1.1.0-3.redhat_2.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-apr-0:1.6.3-31.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-apr-util-0:1.6.1-24.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.29-35.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_cluster-native-0:1.3.8-3.Final_redhat_2.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk-0:1.2.46-1.redhat_1.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.29.0-9.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2n-14.jbcs.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-0:1-6.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-apache-commons-daemon-jsvc-1:1.1.0-3.redhat_2.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-apr-0:1.6.3-31.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-apr-util-0:1.6.1-24.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.29-35.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_cluster-native-0:1.3.8-3.Final_redhat_2.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-mod_jk-0:1.2.46-1.redhat_1.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.29.0-9.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7Fixed in: jbcs-httpd24-openssl-1:1.0.2n-14.jbcs.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: httpd-0:2.4.6-95.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: httpd24-curl-0:7.61.1-1.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.34-7.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.7.1-7.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: httpd24-curl-0:7.61.1-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.34-7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.7.1-7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSFixed in: httpd24-curl-0:7.61.1-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSFixed in: httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.34-7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSFixed in: httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.7.1-7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: httpd24-curl-0:7.61.1-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.34-7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.7.1-7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: httpd24-curl-0:7.61.1-1.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: httpd24-httpd-0:2.4.34-7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: httpd24-nghttp2-0:1.7.1-7.el7
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Text-Only JBCSFixed in: httpd
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: httpd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2Fixed in: httpd

Vendor Advisories (4)

apachellm-apache-f398f8ed28802aa3LOW

Apache HTTP Server 2.4 vulnerabilities - The Apache HTTP Server Project

Mar 2, 2026
apachellm-apache-a7a91ec4c0e9421dHIGH

Apache HTTP Server 2.4 vulnerabilities - The Apache HTTP Server Project

Dec 10, 2025
redhatCVE-2017-15715Low

httpd: <FilesMatch> bypass with a trailing newline in the file name

Mar 24, 2018
apachellm-apache-684e4d0003611bd4LOW

Apache HTTP Server 2.4 vulnerabilities - The Apache HTTP Server Project

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3558
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:0366
Third Party Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:0367
Third Party Advisory
httpd.apache.org / security/vulnerabilities_24.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r04e89e873d54116a0635ef2f7061c15acc5ed27ef7500997beb65d6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r06f0d87ebb6d59ed8379633f36f72f5b1f79cadfda72ede0830b42cf%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r6521a7f62276340eabdb3339b2aa9a38c5f59d978497a1f794af53be%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r76142b8c5119df2178be7c2dba88fde552eedeec37ea993dfce68d1d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rc998b18880df98bafaade071346690c2bc1444adaa1a1ea464b93f0a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rd336919f655b7ff309385e34a143e41c503e133da80414485b3abcc9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/re1e3a24664d35bcd0a0e793e0b5fc6ca6c107f99a1b2c545c5d4b467%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350b3df326cacbbfdfe4d455234%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
security.elarlang.eu / cve-2017-15715-apache-http-server-filesmatch-bypass-with-a-trailing-newline-at-the-end-of-the-file-name.html
security.netapp.com / advisory/ntap-20180601-0004
Third Party Advisory
support.hpe.com / hpsc/doc/public/display
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3627-1
Third Party Advisory
usn.ubuntu.com / 3627-2
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4164
Third Party Advisory
tenable.com / security/tns-2019-09
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2018/03/24/6
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/103525
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1040570
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry