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CVE-2017-15697

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-01-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

A malicious X-ProxyContextPath or X-Forwarded-Context header containing external resources or embedded code could cause remote code execution. The fix to properly handle these headers was applied on the Apache NiFi 1.5.0 release. Users running a prior 1.x release should upgrade to the appropriate release.

Affected products

• Apache Software Foundation Apache NiFi: from 1.0.0 through 1.4.0

References

• https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2017-15697
• https://nifi.apache.org/security.html#CVE-2017-15697

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