VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-17718
The Net::LDAP (aka net-ldap) gem before 0.16.0 for Ruby has Missing SSL Certificate Validation.
MEDIUM 5.9EPSS 1.35%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Net::LDAP (aka net-ldap) gem before 0.16.0 for Ruby has Missing SSL Certificate Validation.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.35% probability · 71th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-295
- Affected
- net-ldap project/net-ldap
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.3% 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.
References
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/17/10Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ruby-ldap/ruby-net-ldap/issues/258Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ruby-ldap/ruby-net-ldap/pull/279Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/12/17/10Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ruby-ldap/ruby-net-ldap/issues/258Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ruby-ldap/ruby-net-ldap/pull/279Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.