CVE-2017-5660
There is a vulnerability in Apache Traffic Server (ATS) 6.2.0 and prior and 7.0.0 and prior with the Host header and line folding.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
There is a vulnerability in Apache Traffic Server (ATS) 6.2.0 and prior and 7.0.0 and prior with the Host header and line folding. This can have issues when interacting with upstream proxies and the wrong host being used.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.6 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.93% probability · 80th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- apache/traffic server · debian/debian linux
- Source
- security@apache.org
EPSS 1.9% 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://lists.apache.org/thread.html/22d84783d94c53a5132ec89f002fe5165c87561a9428bcb6713b3c98%40%3Cdev.trafficserver.apache.org%3E
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4128Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/22d84783d94c53a5132ec89f002fe5165c87561a9428bcb6713b3c98%40%3Cdev.trafficserver.apache.org%3E
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4128Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.