CVE-2017-2327

FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-2327 describes a denial of service vulnerability affecting Juniper Networks NorthStar Controller Application versions prior to 2.1.0 Service Pack 1. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to consume significant system resources, leading to a cascading denial of service. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability requires local access and low privileges, but has a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		<= 2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:juniper:northstar_controller::::::::

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

3.6

CvssVersion

3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.30%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

22.0%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0030 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 15,938 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

Vendor Patches (1)

juniperworkaround availablevia nvd_reference

View patch

References

kb.juniper.net / JSA10783

MitigationVendor Advisory

securityfocus.com / bid/97609

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry