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CVE-2017-9270: post-auth arbitrary file write on cryptctl server

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

Description

In cryptctl before version 2.0 a malicious server could send RPC requests that could overwrite files outside of the cryptctl key database.

Affected products

• SUSE cryptctl: 2.0

References

• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1041963
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-07/msg00022.html
• https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-9270/
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1041963
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-07/msg00022.html
• https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-9270/

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