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CVE-2017-8040

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-09-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-611

Description

In Single Sign-On for Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF) 1.3.x versions prior to 1.3.4 and 1.4.x versions prior to 1.4.3, an XXE (XML External Entity) attack was discovered in the Single Sign-On service dashboard. Privileged users can in some cases upload malformed XML leading to exposure of data on the Single Sign-On service broker file system.

Affected products

• PCF Single Sign-On for PCF:1.3.x versions prior to 1.3.4, 1.4.x versions prior to 1.4.3: 1.3.0, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2 (+1)
• PCF Single Sign-On for PCF:1.3.x versions prior to 1.3.4, 1.4.x versions prior to 1.4.3: from PCF Single Sign-On for PCF:1.3.x versions prior through 1.3.4, 1.4.x versions prior to 1.4.3

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100617
• https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8040
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100617
• https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8040

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