CVE-2017-8959 describes an Authentication Bypass vulnerability affecting HPE MSA 1040 and HPE MSA 2040 SAN Storage devices running firmware version GL220P008 and earlier. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk where an attacker with low privileges can achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability over the network. Despite its severity, there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= gl220p008CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:msa_1040_san_storage_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= gl220p008CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:msa_2040_san_storage_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.