VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-17878
An issue was discovered in Valve Steam Link build 643.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.60%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Valve Steam Link build 643. Root passwords longer than 8 characters are truncated because of the default use of DES (aka the CONFIG_FEATURE_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO="des" setting).
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.60% probability · 76th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-327
- Affected
- valvesoftware/steam link firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.6% 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
- https://blogger.davidmanouchehri.com/2017/12/steam-link-security-truncated-password.htmlIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/101Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/110Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://blogger.davidmanouchehri.com/2017/12/steam-link-security-truncated-password.htmlIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/101Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/ValveSoftware/steamlink-sdk/issues/110Issue 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.