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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-17704

There is no authentication of messages beyond the use of the fixed AES key, so message forgery is also possible.

HIGH 7.4EPSS 0.99%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.99%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

A door-unlocking issue was discovered on Software House iStar Ultra devices through 6.5.2.20569 when used in conjunction with the IP-ACM Ethernet Door Module. The communications between the IP-ACM and the iStar Ultra is encrypted using a fixed AES key and IV. Each message is encrypted in CBC mode and restarts with the fixed IV, leading to replay attacks of entire messages. There is no authentication of messages beyond the use of the fixed AES key, so message forgery is also possible.

CVSS 3.0
7.4 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.99% probability · 62th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-330
Affected
swhouse/istar ultra firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 0.99%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 1.0% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.