McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) - OS Command Injection vulnerability
Priority MEDIUM 45CWE-78Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-78.
Summary
OS Command Injection vulnerability in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) 5.9.0, 5.3.2, 5.3.1, 5.1.3, 5.1.2, 5.1.1, and 5.1.0 allows attackers to run arbitrary OS commands with limited privileges via not sanitizing the user input data before exporting it into a CSV format output.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01383 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) (McAfee): 5.3.3, 5.9.1
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McAfee | ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) | 5.1 to before 5.3.3; 5.3 to before 5.3.3; 5.9 to before 5.9.1 | 5.3.3, 5.9.1 | Patch available | CNA |
- ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) VendorMcAfee Affected 5.1 to before 5.3.3; 5.3 to before 5.3.3; 5.9 to before 5.9.1 Fixed in 5.3.3, 5.9.1 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 7
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.1.0 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.1.1 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.1.2 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.1.3 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.3.1 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.3.2 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
| cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.9.0 | Vulnerable | McAfee |
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.1 Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.2 Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1.3 Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3.1 Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.3.2 Vulnerable ·McAfee
- cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:epolicy_orchestrator:5.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.9.0 Vulnerable ·McAfee
Remediation
- Fix · CNA ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) (McAfee) Fixed in 5.3.3, 5.9.1
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-3936
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j3gw-v5qx-v2xm
References
More McAfee Epolicy Orchestrator vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-10912 Infinite loop in Apache Tomcat CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2006-04972 Buffer overflow in McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator before 3.5.0.720 and ProtectionPilot… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
- TI-2021-06204 Integer overflow in CipherUpdate CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2021-12641 Incorrect Transfer-Encoding handling with HTTP/1.0 CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2020-07593 Deserialization of untrusted data in Apache Tomcat CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.0
- TI-2021-02646 Read buffer overruns processing ASN.1 strings CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.4
Sources
- CVE-2017-3936 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-3936 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j3gw-v5qx-v2xm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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