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CVE-2017-17742

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-17742 is an HTTP Response Splitting vulnerability affecting Ruby versions prior to 2.2.10, 2.3.7, 2.4.4, 2.5.1, and 2.6.0-preview1, specifically within the WEBrick HTTP server. An attacker can inject malicious key-value pairs into HTTP responses, potentially leading to information disclosure. Rated as MEDIUM severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and does not require user interaction, but its impact is limited to integrity. There is currently 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
>= 2.2.0, < 2.2.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.3.0, < 2.3.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.4.0, < 2.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.5.0, < 2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:2.6.0:preview1:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.3MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.76%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0576 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 (24)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: rh-ruby25-ruby-0:2.5.3-6.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: ruby-0:2.0.0.648-36.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Advanced Update SupportFixed in: ruby-0:2.0.0.648-36.el7_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Telco Extended Update SupportFixed in: ruby-0:2.0.0.648-36.el7_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 Update Services for SAP SolutionsFixed in: ruby-0:2.0.0.648-36.el7_4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 Extended Update SupportFixed in: ruby-0:2.0.0.648-36.el7_5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 Extended Update SupportFixed in: ruby-0:2.0.0.648-37.el7_6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-ruby23-ruby-0:2.3.8-69.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: rh-ruby24-ruby-0:2.4.5-91.el6
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-ruby23-ruby-0:2.3.8-69.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-ruby24-ruby-0:2.4.5-91.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: rh-ruby25-ruby-0:2.5.3-6.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSFixed in: rh-ruby23-ruby-0:2.3.8-69.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSFixed in: rh-ruby24-ruby-0:2.4.5-91.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.4 EUSFixed in: rh-ruby25-ruby-0:2.5.3-6.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: rh-ruby23-ruby-0:2.3.8-69.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: rh-ruby24-ruby-0:2.4.5-91.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUSFixed in: rh-ruby25-ruby-0:2.5.3-6.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: rh-ruby23-ruby-0:2.3.8-69.el7
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUSFixed in: rh-ruby24-ruby-0:2.4.5-91.el7
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redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Software CollectionsFixed in: rh-ruby22-ruby
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ruby
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ruby
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Subscription Asset ManagerFixed in: ruby193-ruby

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-17742Moderate

ruby: HTTP response splitting in WEBrick

Mar 28, 2018

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00036.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3729
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3730
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2018:3731
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2019:2028
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00023.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/04/msg00024.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00012.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00009.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2020/08/msg00027.html
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2023/04/msg00033.html
usn.ubuntu.com / 3685-1
debian.org / security/2018/dsa-4259
ruby-lang.org / en/news/2018/03/28/http-response-splitting-in-webrick-cve-2017-17742
Vendor Advisory
ruby-lang.org / en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-2-10-released
PatchRelease Notes
ruby-lang.org / en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-3-7-released
PatchRelease Notes
ruby-lang.org / en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-4-4-released
PatchRelease Notes
ruby-lang.org / en/news/2018/03/28/ruby-2-5-1-released
PatchRelease Notes
securityfocus.com / bid/103684
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1042004