# CVE-2017-6697: Information disclosure in Cisco Elastic Services Controller

> An authenticated remote attacker can access sensitive system credentials stored in the Cisco Elastic Services Controller web interface.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:** 13 Jun 2017
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4hxq-h6g9-89gx

## What is CVE-2017-6697?

CVE-2017-6697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Elastic Services Controller, published on 13 Jun 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability in the web interface of Cisco Elastic Services Controllers could allow an authenticated, remote attacker to access sensitive system credentials that are stored in an affected system. More Information: CSCvd76339. Known Affected Releases: 2.2(9.76).

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-6697?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cisco Elastic Services Controller.

## How do I fix CVE-2017-6697?

No fix has been published for CVE-2017-6697 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2017-6697 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-6697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Cisco Elastic Services Controller

- [CVE-2019-1867](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-1867/): Cisco Elastic Services Controller REST API Authentication Bypass Vulnerability (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2018-0121](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-0121/): Auth bypass in Cisco Elastic Services Controller (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-6713](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6713/): Hardcoded credentials in Cisco Elastic Services Controller (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-6712](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6712/): Command injection in Cisco Elastic Services Controller (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2017-6682](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6682/): Command injection in Cisco Elastic Services Controller (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2017-6697 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2017-6697 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Cisco Elastic Services Controller, published on 13 Jun 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-2017-6697 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Cisco Elastic Services Controller. 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-2017-6697/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-6697/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-6697
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6697
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-6697

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