CVE-2017-6988 — An issue was discovered in certain Apple products

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MEDIUM

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products

Published May 22, 2017

5.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.85%

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. macOS before 10.12.5 is affected. The issue involves the "802.1X" component. It allows remote attackers to discover the network credentials of arbitrary users by operating a crafted network that requires 802.1X authentication, because EAP-TLS certificate validation mishandles certificate changes.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.85% 0.00850

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

EPSS probability 0.00850

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (9 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.85% (0.00850)	56.63th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Sep 20, 2026	0.85% (0.00850)	56.59th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.18% (0.00184)	56.05th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 25, 2024	0.18% (0.00184)	55.85th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.18% (0.00184)	53.85th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.11% (0.00115)	0.33th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.11% (0.00115)	0.00th	v1