CVE-2017-17562
Embedthis GoAhead Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
What is affected
| Vendor | Embedthis |
|---|---|
| Product | GoAhead |
| Weakness | CWE-20 |
The vulnerability
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.
US federal civilian agencies were required to act by 10 June 2022 under BOD 22-01. The deadline is a compliance date, not a measure of severity — it says nothing about how dangerous the flaw is to anyone else.
Where this comes from
Every field on this page is taken from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, last synced 11 Nov 2026, 21:30. Nothing here is our own assessment. For the technical scoring, see the NVD record below.