CVE-2017-18001
Trustwave Secure Web Gateway (SWG) through 11.8.0.27 allows remote attackers to append an arbitrary public key to the device's SSH Authorized Keys data, and consequently obtain remote root access, via the publicKey parameter to the /sendKey URI.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.1%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Trustwave Secure Web Gateway (SWG) through 11.8.0.27 allows remote attackers to append an arbitrary public key to the device's SSH Authorized Keys data, and consequently obtain remote root access, via the publicKey parameter to the /sendKey URI.
- 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
- 14.08% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 26 December 2017
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-306
- Affected
- trustwave/secure web gateway
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 10.7% on 21 September 2026 to 14.1% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/88Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3550Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44047/
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Trustwave-Software-Updates/Important-Security-Update-for-Trustwave-Secure-Web-Gateway/Vendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/88Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3550Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44047/
- https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Trustwave-Software-Updates/Important-Security-Update-for-Trustwave-Secure-Web-Gateway/Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.