Check Point Advisories

Supervisor Supervisord XML-RPC Remote Code Execution (CVE-2017-11610)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2017-0799
Date Published:	27 Sep 2017
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 26 June, 2025
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2017-11610
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	supervisord 3.0 - 3.3.2
Vulnerability Description	A remote code execution (RCE) vulnerability exists in the XML-RPC server of supervisord. The vulnerability is due to lack of validation on requested XML-RPC methods. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code via a specially crafted XML-RPC request.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Supervisor Supervisord XML-RPC Remote Code Execution protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Web Server Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: Supervisor Supervisord XML-RPC Remote Code Execution