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Vulnerability details: VCID-uagr-gdms-yba4
Vulnerability ID VCID-uagr-gdms-yba4
Aliases CVE-2017-16355
GHSA-cv3f-px9r-54hm
Summary Information Exposure If Passenger is running as root, it is possible to list the contents of arbitrary files on a system by symlinking a file named REVISION from the application root folder to a file of choice and querying `passenger-status --show=xml`.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 0.00136 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16355
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11
generic_textual MODERATE https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11
cvssv2 4 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3 5.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cv3f-px9r-54hm
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://github.com/phusion/passenger
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/phusion/passenger
cvssv3 4.7 https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/passenger/CVE-2017-16355.yml
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/passenger/CVE-2017-16355.yml
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16355
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16355
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34
generic_textual MODERATE https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34
cvssv3.1 4.7 https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415
generic_textual MODERATE https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16355
https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11
https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11/
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/phusion/passenger
https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415
884463 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=884463
CVE-2017-16355 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16355
CVE-2017-16355.YML https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/passenger/CVE-2017-16355.yml
GHSA-cv3f-px9r-54hm https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cv3f-px9r-54hm
USN-USN-5261-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-5261-1/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://blog.phusion.nl/2017/10/13/passenger-security-advisory-5-1-11
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/phusion/passenger
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/phusion/passenger/commit/4043718264095cde6623c2cbe8c644541036d7bf
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/passenger/CVE-2017-16355.yml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16355
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Mar/34
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4415
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.332
EPSS Score 0.00136
Published At May 30, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-30T20:53:17.691833+00:00 GitLab Importer Import https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/advisories-community/-/blob/main/gem/passenger/CVE-2017-16355.yml 38.6.0