# CVE-2017-5153: Information disclosure in OSIsoft PI Coresight and PI Web API

> Attackers can read service account passwords from server logs, enabling unauthorized service shutdowns and potential domain credential reuse.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Feb 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gp6c-fp2m-24q3

## What is CVE-2017-5153?

CVE-2017-5153 is a high-severity vulnerability in OSIsoft PI Coresight and PI Web API, published on 13 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was discovered in OSIsoft PI Coresight 2016 R2 and earlier versions, and PI Web API 2016 R2 when deployed using the PI AF Services 2016 R2 integrated install kit. An information exposure through server log files vulnerability has been identified, which may allow service account passwords to become exposed for the affected services, potentially leading to unauthorized shutdown of the affected PI services as well as potential reuse of domain credentials.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-5153?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Osisoft Pi Coresight, Osisoft Pi Web Api.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-5153?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-5153 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-5153 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5153 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in OSIsoft PI Coresight and PI Web API

- [CVE-2017-9641](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-9641/): Cross-site request forgery in PI Coresight (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-5153 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-5153 is a high-severity vulnerability in OSIsoft PI Coresight and PI Web API, published on 13 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-5153 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: OSIsoft PI Coresight and PI Web API. 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-2017-5153/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5153/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-5153
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-5153
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-5153

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-5153/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.