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.
Published: 2017-10-31
Score: 8.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4003-1 libvirt security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-1517 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3576-1 libvirt vulnerabilities
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00425}

epss

{'score': 0.00866}


Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux
Redhat Libvirt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T22:00:39.668Z

Reserved: 2017-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-1000256

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-31T15:29:00.240

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-1000256

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2017-10-16T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2017-1000256 - Bugzilla

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Weaknesses