# CVE-2017-3817: Missing authorization in Cisco UCS Director

> An authenticated remote attacker can view unauthorized information for any virtual machine in a Cisco UCS domain due to flawed role-based resource checking.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Apr 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h83w-cm2j-j6jg

## What is CVE-2017-3817?

CVE-2017-3817 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Cisco UCS Director, published on 7 Apr 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the role-based resource checking functionality of Cisco Unified Computing System (UCS) Director could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to view unauthorized information for any virtual machine in a UCS domain. More Information: CSCvc32434. Known Affected Releases: 5.5(0.1) 6.0(0.0).

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3817?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Unified Computing System Director.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-3817?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-3817 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-3817 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3817 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco UCS Director

- [CVE-2018-0238](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0238/): Auth bypass in Cisco UCS Director (critical 9.9)
- [CVE-2017-3801](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3801/): Privilege escalation in Cisco UCS Director versions 6.0.0.0 and 6.0.0.1 (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2018-0219](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0219/): Cross-site scripting in Cisco UCS Director (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2017-3868](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3868/): Cross-site scripting in Cisco UCS Director (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-3817 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-3817 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Cisco UCS Director, published on 7 Apr 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3817 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco UCS Director. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3817/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3817/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-3817
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-3817
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-3817

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-3817/
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