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title: "CVE-2017-7512\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2017-7512

Publication date 21 June 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**9.8 · Critical**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7512?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

Red Hat 3scale (aka RH-3scale) API Management Platform (AMP) before 2.0.0
would permit creation of an access token without a client secret. An
attacker could use this flaw to circumvent authentication controls and gain
access to restricted APIs. NOTE: some sources have a typo in which
CVE-2017-7512 maps to an OpenVPN vulnerability. The proper CVE ID for that
OpenVPN vulnerability is CVE-2017-7521. Specifically, CVE-2017-7521 is the
correct CVE ID for TWO closely related findings in OpenVPN. Any source that
lists BOTH CVE-2017-7512 and CVE-2017-7521 for OpenVPN should have listed
ONLY CVE-2017-7521.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7512?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openvpn | 17.10 artful | Not affected |
| 17.04 zesty | Not affected |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

This CVE is for Red Hat 3scale, not openvpn

## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

9.8 · Critical

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | None |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | High |
  | Integrity impact | High |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-7512)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-7512)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2017-7512)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-7512)

### Other references

* <https://community.openvpn.net/openvpn/wiki/VulnerabilitiesFixedInOpenVPN243>
* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/06/21/6>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-7512>