Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2017-18001
CVE-2017-18001
Description
Trustwave Secure Web Gateway (SWG) through 11.8.0.27 allows remote attackers to append an arbitrary public key to the device's SSH Authorized Keys data, and consequently obtain remote root access, via the publicKey parameter to the /sendKey URI.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Dec/88nvdExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3550nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.trustwave.com/Resources/Trustwave-Software-Updates/Important-Security-Update-for-Trustwave-Secure-Web-Gateway/nvdVendor Advisory
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44047/nvd
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