CVE-2017-9731 — In meta/classes/package_ipk

In meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass in Poky in poky-pyro 17.0.0 for Yocto Project through YP Core - Pyro 2.3, attackers can obtain sensitive information by reading a URL in a Source entry in an ipk package.

01What is this vulnerability?

In meta/classes/package_ipk.bbclass in Poky in poky-pyro 17.0.0 for Yocto Project through YP Core - Pyro 2.3, attackers can obtain sensitive information by reading a URL in a Source entry in an ipk package.

02Affected products

No structured affected-product list available — see references below for vendor advisories.

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

Ask SARA in chat to draft a starting detection for this CVE in your stack of choice.

07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2017-06-16T15:29:00.910
• Last modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

09References

• git.yoctoproject.org — http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/patch/?id=f01b909a266498853e6b3f1…
• git.yoctoproject.org — http://git.yoctoproject.org/cgit/cgit.cgi/poky/patch/?id=f01b909a266498853e6b3f1…