CVE-2017-8040

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Published 2017-09-09 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

6.5

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

CVSS v2

4.0

VIR risk

6.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security_alert@emc.com — https://pivotal.io/security/cve-2017-8040

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
vmware	single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry	`1.3.0`
vmware	single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry	`1.3.2`
vmware	single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry	`1.3.3`
vmware	single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry	`1.4.0`
vmware	single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry	`1.4.1`
vmware	single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry	`1.4.2`
vmware	single_sign-on_for_pivotal_cloud_foundry	`1.4.3`

References

CWEs

CWE-611

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