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CVE-2017-8114 json

Roundcube Webmail allows arbitrary password resets by authenticated users.

published 2017-04-29 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-17076

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Roundcube Webmail allows arbitrary password resets by authenticated users. This affects versions before 1.0.11, 1.1.x before 1.1.9, and 1.2.x before 1.2.5. The problem is caused by an improperly restricted exec call in the virtualmin and sasl drivers of the password plugin.

Patch / fix

  • roundcube webmail 1.0.11, 1.1.9, 1.2.5
  • roundcube Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.3+dfsg.1-4

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-8114

  • roundcube Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.2~beta+dfsg.1-0ubuntu1+esm7

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2017-8114

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • roundcubemail openSUSE Tumbleweed 1.4.11-1.3

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11303-1

  • roundcubemail Alpine 3.10, Alpine 3.9, Alpine 3.8 +4 more 1.2.5-r0
  • roundcubemail Alpine 3.3, Alpine 3.2 1.1.9-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2017-8114

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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-2017-8114 updated cvss 6.5

roundecubemail: arbitrary password resets by authenticated users

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    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

3.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/ilsani/rd/tree/master/security-advisories/web/roundcube/cve-2017-8114 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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