CVE-2017-18638: graphite_project graphite Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2017-18638 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) vulnerability in graphite_project graphite. EPSS estimates a 15.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1Timeline
- 11-10-2019PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
send_email in graphite-web/webapp/graphite/composer/views.py in Graphite through 1.1.5 is vulnerable to SSRF. The vulnerable SSRF endpoint can be used by an attacker to have the Graphite web server request any resource. The response to this SSRF request is encoded into an image file and then sent to an e-mail address that can be supplied by the attacker. Thus, an attacker can exfiltrate any information.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
15.30%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
97%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 15.30% on 20-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (blog.orange.tw)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (youtube.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Debian1 product
- graphite-web< 1.1.4-5 | < 0.9.12+debian-6+deb8u1
Graphite_project1 product
- graphite≤ 1.1.5
PyPI1 product
- graphite-web< 1.1.6
Suse1 product
- graphite-web&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 4< 0.9.12-5.3.1
Ubuntu1 product
- graphite-web< 0.9.12+debian-3ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 0.9.15+debian-1ubuntu0.1~esm1 | < 1.0.2+debian-2ubuntu0.1~esm1
5 vendors · 5 products
References
17 links- github.com/graphite-project/graphite-web/security/advisories/GHSA-vfj6-275q-4pvmX Refsource MISCBroken LinkWEBAdvisoryREPORT
- blog.orange.tw/2017/07/how-i-chained-4-vulnerabilities-on.htmlX Refsource MISCExploitMitigationThird Party AdvisoryWEBARTICLEREPORT