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CVE-2017-16759

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-16759 describes a path traversal vulnerability in LibreNMS versions prior to 2017-08-18, specifically within the installation process's html/install.php component. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.9) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to read arbitrary files on the affected system with high confidentiality impact, though with high attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion beyond a single mention related to a botnet.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.30CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:librenms:librenms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.9MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/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
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
81.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0225 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: librenms/librenmsFixed in: 1.31
github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-4ccx-wjqp-5fwwmedium

LibreNMS Arbitrary File Read

May 13, 2022

References

blog.librenms.org / 2017/08/22/librenms-security-fix-during-the-installation-process
Third Party Advisory
github.com / librenms/librenms/commit/7887b2e1c7158204ac69ca43beafce66e4d3a3b4
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / librenms/librenms/commit/d3094fa6578b29dc34fb5a7d0bd6deab49ecc911
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / librenms/librenms/pull/7184
Third Party Advisory