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CVE-2017-9274
osc executes spec code during "osc commit"
High7.8EPSS 2.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- microfocus
Description
A shell command injection in the obs-service-source_validator before 0.7 could be used to execute code as the packager when checking RPM SPEC files with specific macro constructs.
Timeline
ID reserved
By microfocus
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 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
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| microfocusCNA (assigner) | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.3% · top 16% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
- Shell code injection due to insufficient escaping of RPM spec file macros.
- CWE-78 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-78 and its CVEs
Affected products
SUSE · obs-service-source_validator
- affected unspecified – < 0.7
References (3)
- SUSE-SU-2017:3253 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-9274/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=938556 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2017-9274)Record last updated .