CVE-2017-10617: Contrail: XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-10-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

The ifmap service that comes bundled with Contrail has an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability that may allow an attacker to retrieve sensitive system files. Affected releases are Juniper Networks Contrail 2.2 prior to 2.21.4; 3.0 prior to 3.0.3.4; 3.1 prior to 3.1.4.0; 3.2 prior to 3.2.5.0. CVE-2017-10616 and CVE-2017-10617 can be chained together and have a combined CVSSv3 score of 5.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N).

Affected products

Juniper Networks Contrail: from 2.2 before 2.21.4; from 3.0 before 3.0.3.4; from 3.1 before 3.1.4.0; from 3.2 before 3.2.5.0 — fixed in 2.21.4, 3.0.3.4, 3.1.4.0, 3.2.5.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Juniper Networks Contrail 2.21.4, 3.0.3.4, 3.1.4.0, 3.2.5.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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