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Vulnerability details: VCID-ystr-9q5e-17ak
Vulnerability ID VCID-ystr-9q5e-17ak
Aliases CVE-2017-16759
GHSA-4ccx-wjqp-5fww
Summary LibreNMS Arbitrary File Read The installation process in LibreNMS before 2017-08-18 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files, related to html/install.php.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 6.2
Risk 3.1
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (3)
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-937 OWASP Top Ten 2013 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
CWE-1035 OWASP Top Ten 2017 Category A9 - Using Components with Known Vulnerabilities
System Score Found at
epss 9e-05 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16759
epss 9e-05 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16759
epss 9e-05 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16759
epss 9e-05 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16759
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://blog.librenms.org/2017/08/22/librenms-security-fix-during-the-installation-process
generic_textual MODERATE https://blog.librenms.org/2017/08/22/librenms-security-fix-during-the-installation-process
cvssv3.1_qr MODERATE https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4ccx-wjqp-5fww
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://github.com/librenms/librenms
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/librenms/librenms
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://github.com/librenms/librenms/commit/7887b2e1c7158204ac69ca43beafce66e4d3a3b4
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/librenms/librenms/commit/7887b2e1c7158204ac69ca43beafce66e4d3a3b4
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://github.com/librenms/librenms/commit/d3094fa6578b29dc34fb5a7d0bd6deab49ecc911
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/librenms/librenms/commit/d3094fa6578b29dc34fb5a7d0bd6deab49ecc911
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://github.com/librenms/librenms/pull/7184
generic_textual MODERATE https://github.com/librenms/librenms/pull/7184
cvssv3.1 5.9 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16759
generic_textual MODERATE https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16759
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2017-16759
https://blog.librenms.org/2017/08/22/librenms-security-fix-during-the-installation-process
https://github.com/librenms/librenms
https://github.com/librenms/librenms/commit/7887b2e1c7158204ac69ca43beafce66e4d3a3b4
https://github.com/librenms/librenms/commit/d3094fa6578b29dc34fb5a7d0bd6deab49ecc911
https://github.com/librenms/librenms/pull/7184
CVE-2017-16759 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16759
GHSA-4ccx-wjqp-5fww https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4ccx-wjqp-5fww
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://blog.librenms.org/2017/08/22/librenms-security-fix-during-the-installation-process
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:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/librenms/librenms
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/librenms/librenms/commit/7887b2e1c7158204ac69ca43beafce66e4d3a3b4
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/librenms/librenms/commit/d3094fa6578b29dc34fb5a7d0bd6deab49ecc911
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://github.com/librenms/librenms/pull/7184
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Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16759
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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.00882
EPSS Score 9e-05
Published At June 4, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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