CVE-2017-15103 — heketi: OS command injection in heketi API

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HIGH

heketi: OS command injection in heketi API

Published Dec 18, 2017

8.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.1

EPSS 5.50%

Description

A security-check flaw was found in the way the Heketi 5 server API handled user requests. An authenticated Heketi user could send specially crafted requests to the Heketi server, resulting in remote command execution as the user running Heketi server and possibly privilege escalation.

Affected products

Vendor Heketi Product Heketi Default
n/a
- Version
  5.0
  Status
  affected
  Constraints
  -

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor

Product

Default status

Versions

Heketi

n/a

Version	Status	Constraints
5.0	affected	-

Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.3 for RHEL 7

heketi-0:5.0.0-19.el7rhgs

Fixed · RHSA-2017:3481

Product	Package	State	Advisory
Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.3 for RHEL 7	heketi-0:5.0.0-19.el7rhgs	Fixed	RHSA-2017:3481

Ecosystem	Package	Introduced	Fixed
Go	github.com/heketi/heketi	0	5.0.1+incompatible

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

5.50% 0.05495

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.05495

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (20 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	5.50% (0.05495)	92.53th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	5.50% (0.05495)	91.74th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 5, 2026	2.43% (0.02426)	85.10th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.11% (0.01113)	76.66th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.39% (0.00394)	74.25th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 23, 2024	0.39% (0.00394)	72.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 13, 2024	0.44% (0.00442)	74.13th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 28, 2023	0.63% (0.00626)	76.61th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 28, 2023	0.53% (0.00531)	74.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 11, 2023	0.49% (0.00490)	72.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 8, 2023	0.44% (0.00438)	70.93th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.68% (0.00677)	76.76th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	4.70% (0.04695)	89.17th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 14, 2022	4.70% (0.04695)	88.68th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	4.57% (0.04571)	87.83th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	4.57% (0.04571)	74.15th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	1.83% (0.01828)	35.38th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	1.83% (0.01828)	34.69th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	1.83% (0.01828)	74.99th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	1.83% (0.01828)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (3)

CWE-20

Improper Input Validation

CWE-78

OS Command Injection

CWE-94

Code Injection

References (8)

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3481
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15103
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1510147
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6g56-v9qg-jp92
Advisory
https://github.com/heketi/heketi/commit/787bae461b23003a4daa4d1d639016a754cf6b00
https://github.com/heketi/heketi/releases/tag/v5.0.1
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15103
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15103

Link	Providers	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3481		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-15103		x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1510147		x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatch
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6g56-v9qg-jp92		Advisory
https://github.com/heketi/heketi/commit/787bae461b23003a4daa4d1d639016a754cf6b00
https://github.com/heketi/heketi/releases/tag/v5.0.1
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15103
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-15103