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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-8342

Radicale before 1.1.2 and 2.x before 2.0.0rc2 is prone to timing oracles and simple brute-force attacks when using the htpasswd authentication method.

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CVE-2017-8342
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31 Oct 2026, 09:58 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2017-8342

core-osv · Original source

Published 30 Apr 2017, 15:59 UTC

Radicale before 1.1.2 and 2.x before 2.0.0rc2 is prone to timing oracles and simple brute-force attacks when using the htpasswd authentication method.

osv:CVE-2017-8342
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-8342",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-8342",
    "summary": "Radicale before 1.1.2 and 2.x before 2.0.0rc2 is prone to timing oracles and simple brute-force attacks when using the htpasswd authentication method.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-8342",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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        "GHSA-rpv4-63g3-9x23",
        "PYSEC-2017-102"
      ],
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
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              "type": "GIT",
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              ],
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                      {
                        "last_affected": "1.1.1"
                      }
                    ],
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                  },
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                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:radicale:radicale:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                  },
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          ],
          "versions": [
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            "archive/1.0.x",
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            "0.9",
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            "0.7",
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            "0.5",
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T10:49:33.800419099Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00019.html",
        "https://github.com/Kozea/Radicale/blob/1.1.2/NEWS.rst",
        "https://bugs.debian.org/861514",
        "https://github.com/Kozea/Radicale/commit/059ba8dec1f22ccbeab837e288b3833a099cee2d",
        "https://github.com/Kozea/Radicale/commit/190b1dd795f0c552a4992445a231da760211183b"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-8342",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 380549,
  "published_at": "2017-04-30T15:59:00.153+00:00"
}