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CVE-2017-17663

The htpasswd implementation of mini_httpd before v1.28 and of thttpd b ...

Published Modified CWE 119
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium).

Description

The htpasswd implementation of mini_httpd before v1.28 and of thttpd before v2.28 is affected by a buffer overflow that can be exploited remotely to perform code execution.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.10mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.11mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.12mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.13mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.14mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.15mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.16mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.17mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.18mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.19mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.20mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.21mini_httpd1.29-r0
Show all 26 entries from 26 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
alpine 3.10mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.11mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.12mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.13mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.14mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.15mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.16mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.17mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.18mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.19mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.20mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.21mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.22mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.23mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.24mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.8mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine 3.9mini_httpd1.29-r0
alpine edgemini_httpd1.29-r0
debian 11mini-httpdno fix listed
debian 12mini-httpdno fix listed
debian 13mini-httpdno fix listed
debian 14mini-httpdno fix listed
echomini-httpdno fix listed
rapidfort debian 12mini-httpdno fix listed
rapidfort debian 13mini-httpdno fix listed
ubuntu 18.04-ESMmini-httpdno fix listed

References

Vulnerability data compiled from the Trivy vulnerability database (trivy-db, Aqua Security, Apache License 2.0), which aggregates third-party advisories. CVE records are published by The MITRE Corporation under the CVE Terms of Use; CVE is a trademark of MITRE. This product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. Severity, titles and advisory data from the GitHub Advisory Database (CC BY 4.0), Red Hat security data (CC BY 4.0) and the other sources linked on each entry. Entries may be summarised or re-formatted; the linked original is the authoritative record.