CVE-2017-3167

critical

Published 2017-06-20 · Modified 2026-05-13

💬 Discuss on Community ✚ Propose mitigation

CVSS v3

9.8

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

—

not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

In Apache httpd 2.2.x before 2.2.33 and 2.4.x before 2.4.26, use of the ap_get_basic_auth_pw() by third-party modules outside of the authentication phase may lead to authentication requirements being bypassed.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here with source_tier=community-verified.

OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.4.25-4`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.4.25-4`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.4.25-4`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.4.25-4`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.4.25-4`
arch		fixed	`2.4.26-1`
sles		affected
debian	8.0	affected
debian	9.0	affected
rhel	6.0	affected
rhel	7.0	affected
rhel	6.7	affected
rhel	7.2	affected
rhel	7.3	affected
rhel	7.4	affected
rhel	7.5	affected
rhel	7.6	affected
rhel	7.7	affected
macos		affected	`10.13.1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
apache	http_server	`{"startIncluding":"2.2.0","endExcluding":"2.2.33"}`	`2.2.33`
netapp	clustered_data_ontap	`-`
netapp	oncommand_unified_manager	`-`
netapp	storagegrid	`-`
redhat	jboss_core_services	`1.0`
oracle	secure_global_desktop	`5.3`
apache	http_server	`{"startIncluding":"2.4.0","endExcluding":"2.4.26"}`	`2.4.26`

References

CWEs

CWE-287

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.