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Vulnerability · CVE-2017-10974

yaws yaws Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Published Jan 3, 2024 · catalog updated Jan 3, 2024 · yaws yaws Improper Limitation

Patch now

CVE-2017-10974 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm yaws yaws Improper Limitation against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

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  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (yaws yaws Improper Limitation).
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Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
81.16%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
vendor yaws yaws

Yaws 1.91 allows Unauthenticated Remote File Disclosure via HTTP Directory Traversal with /%5C../ to port 8080. NOTE: this CVE is only about use of an initial /%5C sequence to defeat traversal protection mechanisms; the initial /%5C sequence was apparently not discussed in earlier research on this product.

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How to fix CVE-2017-10974

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2017-10974 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm yaws yaws Improper Limitation against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 81.16%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Jan 3, 2024 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    Yaws 1.91 allows Unauthenticated Remote File Disclosure via HTTP Directory Traversal with /%5C../ to port 8080. NOTE: this CVE is only about use of an initial /%5C sequence to defeat traversal protection mechanisms; the initial /%5C sequence was apparently not discussed in earlier research on this product.

  2. Jan 3, 2024 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2017-10974

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2017-10974

    30-day exploitation probability 81.2%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2017-10974

    Yaws 1.91 allows Unauthenticated Remote File Disclosure via HTTP Directory Traversal with /%5C../ to port 8080. NOTE: this CVE is only about use of an initial /%5C sequence to defeat traversal protection mechanisms; the initial /%5C sequence was apparently not discussed in earlie

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.