Is CVE-2017-16818 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-16818 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-16818?

CVE-2017-16818 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-16818?

CVE-2017-16818 has an EPSS score of 2.31% (82th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix or mitigate CVE-2017-16818?

No published fix for CVE-2017-16818 has been found yet. Check the linked vendor advisories for guidance as it becomes available.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-16818

MEDIUMEPSS 82th pctl

6.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

RADOS Gateway in Ceph 12.1.0 through 12.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and application exit) by leveraging "full" (not necessarily admin) privileges to post an invalid profile to the admin API, related to rgw/rgw_iam_policy.cc, rgw/rgw_basic_types.h, and rgw/rgw_iam_types.h.

CWE-617

How to fix

No published remediation has been found for this vulnerability's affected products yet.

Mitigation guidance may be in the linked vendor advisories in the References section below.

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CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.31%probability of exploitation in 30 days

82ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 82% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch2

Other references1

lists.fedoraproject.org

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CVE-2020-8617	High	7.5	93%	-	Fix
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CVE-2006-5779	High	7.5	75%	-	Fix
CVE-2021-27212	High	7.5	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2018-5740	High	7.5	59%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-28425	Medium	5.5	55%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-05-13.