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CVE-2017-2665

The skyring-setup command creates random password for mongodb skyring database but it writes password in plain text to…

Description

The skyring-setup command creates random password for mongodb skyring database but it writes password in plain text to /etc/skyring/skyring.conf file which is owned by root but read by local user. Any local user who has access to system running skyring service will be able to get password in plain text.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By redhat

  2. · 19 months later

    Published

  3. · 6 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2017-2665, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
redhatCNA (assigner)3.0Medium4.8CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVDNVD · Modified3.0High7.0CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
0.33% · top 74% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.8.

Affected products

References

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Sources

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