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CVE-2017-7488

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-7488 describes an information exposure vulnerability in Authconfig version 6.2.8. When Authconfig uses SSSD for remote server authentication, it can leak information about existing usernames. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3 score of 4.3 (Medium), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and requiring low privileges, resulting in a low impact on confidentiality but no impact on 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
6.2.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:authconfig_project:authconfig:6.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0144 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 21,939 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: authconfig-0:6.2.8-30.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-7488Moderate

authconfig: Information leak when SSSD is used for authentication against remote server

May 9, 2017

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2285
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
pagure.io / authconfig/c/0972f61ad4b5657ed89cf953e8f58f6513096224
PatchThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/101784