CVE Database · CVE-2017-17878
CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
1.60%
Published
Dec 27, 2017
Modified
May 12, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit
All weaponized →No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.
Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
An issue was discovered in Valve Steam Link build 643. Root passwords longer than 8 characters are truncated because of the default use of DES (aka the CONFIG_FEATURE_DEFAULT_PASSWD_ALGO="des" setting).
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (2)
References (6)