Is CVE-2017-5985 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2017-5985 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2017-5985?

CVE-2017-5985 has a CVSS v3 base score of 3.3 (LOW).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2017-5985?

CVE-2017-5985 has an EPSS score of 0.34% (26th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2017-5985?

Upgrade lxc on debian 11 to 1:2.0.7-2 or later. Fixes are available for 3 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2017-5985

LOW

3.3

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

lxc-user-nic in Linux Containers (LXC) allows local users with a lxc-usernet allocation to create network interfaces on the host and choose the name of those interfaces by leveraging lack of netns ownership check.

CWE-862Missing Authorization

How to fix

Remediation Available

lxcDebian

Fixed in:1:2.0.7-2CVE-2017-5985

lxcUbuntu

Fixed in:1.0.9-0ubuntu3USN-3224-1

Fixed in:2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.2USN-3224-1

lxc-commonUbuntu

Fixed in:2.0.7-0ubuntu1~16.04.2USN-3224-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityLow

AvailabilityNone

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.34%probability of exploitation in 30 days

26thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 26% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

github.com

Vendor Advisory1

lists.linuxcontainers.org

Third-Party Advisory4

Other references1

lists.opensuse.org

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2021-39226	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2022-0543	Critical	10.0	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-21978	Critical	9.8	99%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-52163	High	8.8	96%	KEV	-
CVE-2022-1329	High	8.8	93%	-	-
CVE-2023-6875	Critical	9.8	90%	-	-

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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.