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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-9268

In the open build service before 201707022 the wipetrigger and rebuild actions checked the wrong project for permissions, allowing authenticated users to cause operations on projects where they did not have permissions leading to denial of service (resource consumption).

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1 Nov 2026, 08:27 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-9268

core-osv · Original source

Published 1 Mar 2018, 20:29 UTC

In the open build service before 201707022 the wipetrigger and rebuild actions checked the wrong project for permissions, allowing authenticated users to cause operations on projects where they did not have permissions leading to denial of service (resource consumption).

osv:CVE-2017-9268
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-9268",
  "method": "structured",
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    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-9268",
    "products": [],
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          "database_specific": {
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:47:31.863255294Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 441308,
  "published_at": "2018-03-01T20:29:00.757+00:00"
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