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CVE-2017-2621

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2621 describes an access control flaw in OpenStack Orchestration (Heat) versions prior to 8.0.0, 6.1.0, and 7.0.2, where a service log directory was improperly made world-readable. This vulnerability affects OpenStack Heat and Red Hat Heat products. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), a malicious local system user could exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized access to sensitive information, though it does not impact integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openstack:heat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.5
Impact Score
4.0
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.41%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
33.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0041 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 15,937 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10.0 (Newton)Fixed in: openstack-heat-1:7.0.2-4.el7ost
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 (Mitaka)Fixed in: openstack-heat-1:6.1.0-3.el7ost
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-2621Moderate

openstack-heat: /var/log/heat/ is world readable

Feb 15, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1243
Vendor Advisory
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:1464
Vendor Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96280
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry