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CVE-2017-5188

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-5188 describes a vulnerability in openSUSE's Open Build Service (before version 20170320) where the bs_worker code improperly followed relative symlinks. This allowed an attacker to read files outside of the package source directory during a build, potentially leading to the leakage of private information. The vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.5), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. 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
<= 2.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:open_build_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 20170320CPE match
cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:open_build_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.3
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.17%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
64.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0117 is in the 43rd percentile among its peer group of 51,551 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

bugzilla.suse.com / show_bug.cgi
github.com / openSUSE/open-build-service/commit/ba27c91351878bc297ec4baba0bd488a2f3b568d
suse.com / de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-5188