ALPINE-CVE-2017-1000256

Advisory lineage Upstream: 1 Downstream: 0
Published: 31 Oct 2017, 15:29
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:07

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
32/100
CVSS Score
8.1 HIGH
3.1 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

31 Oct 2017, 15:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:07
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

libvirt version 2.3.0 and later is vulnerable to a bad default configuration of "verify-peer=no" passed to QEMU by libvirt resulting in a failure to validate SSL/TLS certificates by default.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.1CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•libvirt

    < 2.5.0-r2 | < 3.3.0-r2

References (1)