Improper input validation in Hawkular Metrics
Priority LOW 18CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
An input validation vulnerability exists in Openshift Enterprise due to a 1:1 mapping of tenants in Hawkular Metrics and projects/namespaces in OpenShift. If a user creates a project called "MyProject", and then later deletes it another user can then create a project called "MyProject" and access the metrics stored from the original "MyProject" instance.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00563 47th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Hawkular Metrics | Hawkular Metrics as shipped in Red Hat Openshift 3.x | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Hawkular Metrics Vendor— Affected Hawkular Metrics as shipped in Red Hat Openshift 3.x Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3 | Affected | No fix yet |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-7517
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-946m-r2cc-x4j3
References
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- TI-2015-06239 Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.x; BPM Suite (BPMS) 6.x; BRMS 6.x and 5.x; Data Grid (JDG) 6.x; Data… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
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- TI-2016-00709 Multiple unspecified API endpoints in Jenkins before 1.650 and LTS before 1.642.2 allow… CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
- TI-2024-11209 Rsync: info leak via uninitialized stack contents CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2017-7517 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-7517 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-946m-r2cc-x4j3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2017-7517 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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