Critical 9.8Known exploited (CISA KEV)Published Jan 3, 2018

CVE-2017-1000486Primetek Primefaces 5.x is vulnerable to a weak encryption flaw resulting in remote code execution

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 09:30 UTC)

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Primetek Primefaces 5.x is vulnerable to a weak encryption flaw resulting in remote code execution

CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL (v3.1, CISA ADP)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): CWE-326
Known exploited: Added to CISA KEV Jan 10, 2022; federal remediation due Jul 10, 2022Apply updates per vendor instructions.
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): 94.10% (percentile 100)
Assigned by: mitre
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 21, 2025
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

primetek primefaces primetek:primefaces	from 4.0 through 4.0.24; from 5.0 before 5.2.21; from 5.3 before 5.3.8	NVD

References

https://github.com/primefaces/primefaces/issues/1152x-refsource-confirm, issue-tracking, third-party-advisory
https://cryptosense.com/weak-encryption-flaw-in-primefaces/x-refsource-misc, broken-link, third-party-advisory
http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2016/02/rce-in-oracle-netbeans-opensource.htmlx-refsource-misc, exploit, third-party-advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/43733/exploit, x-refsource-exploit-db, third-party-advisory, vdb-entry
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017-1000486us-government-resource

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