CVE-2017-18635
An XSS vulnerability was discovered in noVNC before 0.6.2 in which the remote VNC server could inject arbitrary HTML into the noVNC web page via the messages propagated to the status field, such as
02 Description
An XSS vulnerability was discovered in noVNC before 0.6.2 in which the remote VNC server could inject arbitrary HTML into the noVNC web page via the messages propagated to the status field, such as
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 4.78% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 91.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.1 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-09-25 22:59Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 21:28Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-09-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-79Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c4e1030032b6a73306f5b1b25dc150115d72a88a9005eccf09ba1140ac7b8537
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/novnc/noVNC/issues/748
- github.comhttps://github.com/novnc/noVNC/releases/tag/v0.6.2
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/horizon/+bug/1656435
- github.comhttps://github.com/novnc/noVNC/commit/6048299a138e078aed210f163111698c8c526a13#diff-286f7dc7b881e942e97cd50c10898f03L534
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20191005 [SECURITY] [DLA 1946-1] novnc security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/10/msg00004.html
- www.shielder.ithttps://www.shielder.it/blog/exploiting-an-old-novnc-xss-cve-2017-18635-in-openstack/
- github.comhttps://github.com/ShielderSec/cve-2017-18635
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0754https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0754
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4522-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4522-1/
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20211228 [SECURITY] [DLA 2854-1] novnc security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/12/msg00024.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- novnc Fixed in 1:1.0.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- novnc Fixed in 1:1.0.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- novnc Fixed in 1:1.0.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- novnc Fixed in 1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-4+deb8u1build0.16.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
- novnc No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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