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CVE-2017-6381

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-6381 describes a remote code execution vulnerability within a third-party development library included with Drupal 8 development dependencies, affecting versions prior to 8.2.2. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.1, indicating a severe risk with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it is mitigated by default .htaccess protections and the typical absence of Composer development dependencies in production. While no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is available, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, though it is not listed on the KEV catalog as actively exploited.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:8.0.0:alpha10:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:8.0.0:alpha11:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:8.0.0:alpha12:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:drupal:drupal:8.0.0:alpha13:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

8.1HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.2
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
89.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0390 is in the 51st percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/coreFixed in: 8.2.7
composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: drupal/drupalFixed in: 8.2.7

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-rhx9-3qf7-r3j7high

Drupal Remote code execution

May 13, 2022

References

drupal.org / SA-2017-001
MitigationVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/96919
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1038058