CVE-2017-8040

6.5 mediumEPSS 1.1%

In Single Sign-On for Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) 1.3.x versions prior to 1.3.4 and 1.4.x versions prior to 1.4.3, an XXE (XML External Entity) attack was discovered in the Single Sign-On service dashboard. Privileged users can in some cases upload malformed XML leading to exposure of data on the Single Sign-On service broker file system.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 64% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-611
Published: 2017-09-09
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

vmware:single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100617
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8040
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100617
https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8040

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