CVE-2017-9669: Alpinelinux Alpine Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 3.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A heap overflow in apk (Alpine Linux's package manager) allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service, or achieve code execution by crafting a malicious APKINDEX.tar.gz file.

Affected products

• Alpinelinux Alpine Linux: affected versions not specified

Published 2017-07-17. Last modified 2026-06-17.