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CVE-2017-9800

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9800 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Apache Subversion clients (versions before 1.8.19, 1.9.x before 1.9.7, and 1.10.0.x through 1.10.0-alpha3). A maliciously crafted svn+ssh:// URL could allow arbitrary shell command execution on the client. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.8.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
18.89%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1889 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: subversion-0:1.7.14-11.el7_4
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: subversion
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: subversion

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-9800Important

subversion: Command injection through clients via malicious svn+ssh URLs

Aug 10, 2017

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/143722/Apache-Subversion-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2017:2480
confluence.atlassian.com / sourcetreekb/sourcetree-security-advisory-2017-08-11-933099891.html
lists.apache.org / thread.html/cb607dc2f13bab9769147759ddccb14a4f9d8e5cdcad5e99c0d03b63%40%3Cannounce.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/d8cf53affd700dfce90bad4968fb8b1dfb69cf7c443052c70398ff76%40%3Ccommits.subversion.apache.org%3E
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201709-09
subversion.apache.org / security/CVE-2017-9800-advisory.txt
Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com / HT208103
oracle.com / security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
debian.org / security/2017/dsa-3932
securityfocus.com / archive/1/540999/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/100259
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1039127
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry