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CVE-2017-18641

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-02-10 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

In LXC 2.0, many template scripts download code over cleartext HTTP, and omit a digital-signature check, before running it to bootstrap containers.

Affected products

• lxc: 2.0.0

References

• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1661447
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1661447

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