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CVE-2017-7488 json

Authconfig version 6.2.8 is vulnerable to an Information exposure while using SSSD to authenticate against remote server resulting in the l…

published 2017-05-16 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-16508

cvss
4.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.4%
EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 73%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Authconfig version 6.2.8 is vulnerable to an Information exposure while using SSSD to authenticate against remote server resulting in the leak of information about existing usernames.

Patch / fix

  • authconfig RHEL 7 6.2.8-30.el7
  • authconfig-gtk RHEL 7 6.2.8-30.el7

red hat advisories RHSA-2017:2285

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2017-7488 updated cvss 5.3

authconfig: Information leak when SSSD is used for authentication against remote server

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) authconfig 6.2.8-30.el7, authconfig-gtk 6.2.8-30.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) authconfig 6.2.8-30.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) authconfig-gtk 6.2.8-30.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) authconfig 6.2.8-30.el7, authconfig-gtk 6.2.8-30.el7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) authconfig 6.2.8-30.el7, authconfig-gtk 6.2.8-30.el7
    fixed: vendor fix “Possible workaround (with side-effects): authconfig --enablesysnetauth --update” RHSA-2017:2285
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 authconfig Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 authconfig, authconfig-gtk
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.44% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 4.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD 2.0 4.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

  • authconfig authconfig

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

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