CVE-2017-15103 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) OS Command Injection vulnerability in github.com/heketi/heketi. A fix is available for github.com/heketi/heketi — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Heketi Arbitrary Code Execution
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
A security-check flaw was found in the way the Heketi 5 server API handled user requests. An authenticated Heketi user could send specially crafted requests to the Heketi server, resulting in remote command execution as the user running Heketi server and possibly privilege escalation.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐹Go | github.com/heketi/heketi | all versions | 5.0.1go get github.com/heketi/heketi@v5.0.1 |
Affected Products
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Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for github.com/heketi/heketi, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update github.com/heketi/heketi to 5.0.1 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2017-15103 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
Stop passing untrusted input into the interpreter or shell: call the affected binary with an argument array rather than a composed command string, reject anything outside a strict allowlist of expected values, and run the component under an account that cannot reach beyond the work it legitimately does.
Fixing This On Your OS
If you run this on a Linux distribution, patch through your package manager against the distro's own security advisory below — it tracks the exact backported fix for your release, which can ship on a different timeline (and sometimes a different severity) than the upstream project.
| Product | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3.3 for RHEL 7 | heketi-0:5.0.0-19.el7rhgs | RHSA-2017:3481 |
Frequently Asked Questions
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