CVE-2017-7526

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

3.89% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 89.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/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.

Published

2018-07-26 13:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-12-17 22:06Z8 MO AGO

Reserved

2017-04-05

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.1)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

• CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
• CWE-310

Data version

5.2

Document digest

f807f2d3ff72e09780150cf6cd32c3b9cc4ebb6b60276e169eca65a545f3f625

• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3733-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3733-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2017-7526x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securitytracker.com1038915http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038915vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• www.debian.orgDSA-3960https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3960vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• git.gnupg.orghttps://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=78130828e9a140a9de4dafadbc844dbb64cb709ax_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.debian.orgDSA-3901https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3901vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3733-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/3733-2/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• eprint.iacr.orghttps://eprint.iacr.org/2017/627x_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com99338http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/99338vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• lists.gnupg.org[gnupg-announce] 20170629 Libgcrypt 1.7.8 released to fix CVE-2017-7526https://lists.gnupg.org/pipermail/gnupg-announce/2017q2/000408.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• git.gnupg.orghttps://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e6a3dc9900433bbc8ad362a595a3837318c28fa9x_refsource_CONFIRM
• git.gnupg.orghttps://git.gnupg.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=libgcrypt.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8725c99ffa41778f382ca97233183bcd687bb0cex_refsource_CONFIRM