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CVE-2017-5637 High

CVE-2017-5637

Two four letter word commands "wchp/wchc" are CPU intensive and could cause spike of CPU utilization on Apache ZooKeeper server if abused, which leads to the server unable to serve legitimate client requests. Apache ZooKeeper thru version 3.4.9 and 3.5.2 suffer from this issue, fixed in 3.4.10, 3.5.3, and later.

Exploit probability 72.9%
Published October 10, 2017
Required by Not available
Last source change July 8, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Unknown Unknown

13 explicit affected versions

Maven org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper

13 explicit affected versions

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

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Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2017-5637

Two four letter word commands "wchp/wchc" are CPU intensive and could cause spike of CPU utilization on Apache ZooKeeper server if abused, which leads to the server unable to serve legitimate client requests. Apache ZooKeeper thru version 3.4.9 and 3.5.2 suffer from this issue, fixed in 3.4.10, 3.5.3, and later.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-7cwj-j333-x7f7

Two four letter word commands "wchp/wchc" are CPU intensive and could cause spike of CPU utilization on Apache ZooKeeper server if abused, which leads to the server unable to serve legitimate client requests. Apache ZooKeeper thru version 3.4.9 and 3.5.2 suffer from this issue, fixed in 3.4.10, 3.5.3, and later.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence