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CVE-2017-6952
high
CVSS 8.8
Vulnerability in capstone (CVE-2017-6952)
Summary
vulnerability in capstone (CVE-2017-6952). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to `6fe86eef621b9849f51a5e1e5d73258a93440403, 3.0.5rc2` or later.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2017-6952** has been found in capstone.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.8/10.
What to do: upgrade capstone to **6fe86eef621b9849f51a5e1e5d73258a93440403, 3.0.5rc2** or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "capstone CVE-2017-6952" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2017-6952 (capstone) — CWE-190 / CVSS v3 8.8
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated
Patched: `6fe86eef621b9849f51a5e1e5d73258a93440403, 3.0.5rc2` — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-190) exists in capstone.
📍 Affected scope
capstone — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover
🔧 How to fix
Update to **6fe86eef621b9849f51a5e1e5d73258a93440403, 3.0.5rc2**.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'capstone' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'capstone' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `capstone` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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6Apply patch patch
Upgrade capstone to 6fe86eef621b9849f51a5e1e5d73258a93440403, 3.0.5rc2ステージング環境で 6fe86eef621b9849f51a5e1e5d73258a93440403, 3.0.5rc2 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
PyPI
capstone
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