CVE-2017-18638

HIGHNVD 7.59.0▲
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score elevated to 9.0 because EPSS predicts 92% probability of exploitation within the next 30 days (top 0.3% of all CVEs). NVD baseline CVSS 7.5 retained for reference. Confidence: see factors.

Triggered by: EPSS exploit prediction ≥85%
Sources: epss, nvd
Elevated
7.5
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 17%CVSS: 7.5Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

send_email in graphite-web/webapp/graphite/composer/views.py in Graphite through 1.1.5 is vulnerable to SSRF. The vulnerable SSRF endpoint can be used by an attacker to have the Graphite web server request any resource. The response to this SSRF request is encoded into an image file and then sent to an e-mail address that can be supplied by the attacker. Thus, an attacker can exfiltrate any information.

CVSS v3
7.5
EG Score
9.0(high)
EPSS
96.7%
KEV
Not listed

Published

October 11, 2019

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (12)

Patch Availability(1)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntugraphite-web (1.1.4-5ubuntu0.1) @ focal2026-05-27ubuntu

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
PyPI(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
graphite-web0.9.10 ... 1.1.5 (23 versions)1.1.6—

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(1)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 9× in last 7d / 33× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-11 08:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-09 19:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-08 15:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-07 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-06 16:24 UTCEPSS rescore
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  9. 2026-07-05 02:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-02 18:36 UTCOSV refresh
  11. 2026-07-02 16:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-01 15:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-06-30 23:19 UTCEPSS rescore
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  15. 2026-06-29 14:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-06-28 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-28 04:53 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-27 03:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-27 03:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-25 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-24 14:02 UTCEPSS rescore
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  23. 2026-06-23 21:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-21 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-06-21 01:57 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-06-18 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-06-17 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-06-16 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-06-16 17:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-06-15 17:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-06-14 16:43 UTCOSV refresh
  9. 2026-06-10 22:15 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-06-08 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-06-08 14:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-06-07 15:22 UTCEPSS rescore
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  14. 2026-06-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
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  16. 2026-06-05 22:44 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-02 20:11 UTCEPSS rescore
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  19. 2026-05-31 22:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-05-31 22:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-05-27 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-05-27 13:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-05-27 13:03 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-05-27 13:03 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-05-26 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-05-26 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-05-26 07:17 UTCEPSS rescore

Publicly available exploits

(1 reference)

Working exploit code is in the public domain. Defenders should treat patch urgency accordingly — public PoCs typically lead to mass-exploitation within 24-72 hours.

  • Nucleihttp/cves/2017/CVE-2017-18638.yaml
    First seen Jan 1, 2017

    Graphite <=1.1.5 - Server-Side Request Forgery

    Open source ↗

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2017-18638?
CVE-2017-18638 is a high vulnerability published on October 11, 2019. send_email in graphite-web/webapp/graphite/composer/views.py in Graphite through 1.1.5 is vulnerable to SSRF. The vulnerable SSRF endpoint can be used by an attacker to have the Graphite web server request any resource. The response to this SSRF request is encoded into an image file and then sent…
When was CVE-2017-18638 disclosed?
CVE-2017-18638 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on October 11, 2019, with the most recent update on November 21, 2024. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2017-18638 actively exploited?
CVE-2017-18638 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 96.7% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2017-18638?
CVE-2017-18638 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (NVD). EchelonGraph synthesises NVD + CISA KEV + FIRST EPSS + GHSA into a combined EG score of 9.0.
How do I remediate CVE-2017-18638?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2017-18638, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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