CVE-2018-17204

MEDIUMNVD 4.34.3—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 4.3 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2022-05-13. NVD baseline CVSS 4.3; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
4.3
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 2%CVSS: 4.3Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

An issue was discovered in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.x through 2.7.6, affecting parse_group_prop_ntr_selection_method in lib/ofp-util.c. When decoding a group mod, it validates the group type and command after the whole group mod has been decoded. The OF1.5 decoder, however, tries to use the type and command earlier, when it might still be invalid. This causes an assertion failure (via OVS_NOT_REACHED). ovs-vswitchd does not enable support for OpenFlow 1.5 by default.

CVSS v3
4.3
EG Score
4.3(medium)
EPSS
77.4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 19, 2018

Last Modified

November 21, 2024

References (12)

Patch Availability(4)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntupython3-openvswitch (2.9.2-0ubuntu0.18.04.3) @ bionic2026-05-28ubuntu
redhatopenvswitch-0:2.9.0-83.el7fdp.12019-01-16redhat
redhatredhat-virtualization-host-0:4.2-20181121.0.el7_62018-11-27redhat
redhatopenvswitch-0:2.9.0-70.el7fdp.12018-11-05redhat

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.

Weakness Classification(1)

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

All Vendor Advisories

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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 8× in last 7d / 44× 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.

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  46. 2026-05-28 02:58 UTCVendor advisory
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2018-17204?
CVE-2018-17204 is a medium vulnerability published on September 19, 2018. An issue was discovered in Open vSwitch (OvS) 2.7.x through 2.7.6, affecting parsegrouppropntrselectionmethod in lib/ofp-util.c. When decoding a group mod, it validates the group type and command after the whole group mod has been decoded. The OF1.5 decoder, however, tries to use the type and…
When was CVE-2018-17204 disclosed?
CVE-2018-17204 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 19, 2018, 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-2018-17204 actively exploited?
CVE-2018-17204 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 77.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2018-17204?
CVE-2018-17204 has a CVSS v3 base score of 4.3 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2018-17204?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2018-17204, 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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