December 10, 2021 · Applied Cybernetics Group
CVE-2017-17562 — Embedthis GoAhead
Embedthis GoAhead Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to KEV
2021-12-10- Federal due date
2022-06-10- Vendor
- Embedthis
- Product
- GoAhead
- EPSS
- 99.9th percentile (score 0.963, as of
2026-07-13) - NVD CVSS v3.1
- —
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Upstream
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-17562
CISA short description
Embedthis GoAhead before 3.6.5 allows remote code execution if CGI is enabled and a CGI program is dynamically linked.
Required action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.