7.5

CVE-2018-16476: redhat cloudforms Improper Access Control

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2018:3996-1SUSE-SU-2019:0152-1RHSA-2019:0600
Published 30-11-2018Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-16476 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in redhat cloudforms. EPSS estimates a 2.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
41/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.86%
0%100%
Low · +0.31 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 30-11-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A Broken Access Control vulnerability in Active Job versions >= 4.2.0 allows an attacker to craft user input which can cause Active Job to deserialize it using GlobalId and give them access to information that they should not have. This vulnerability has been fixed in versions 4.2.11, 5.0.7.1, 5.1.6.1, and 5.2.1.1.

CVSS metrics

6 scores · 5 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.86%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.31 pp

From 2.56% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
2.86%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (groups.google.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Redhat10 products
  • cloudforms4.6
  • cfme< 0:5.9.9.1-1.el7cf
  • cfme-amazon-smartstate< 0:5.9.9.1-1.el7cf
  • cfme-appliance< 0:5.9.9.1-1.el7cf
  • cfme-appliance-common< 0:5.9.9.1-1.el7cf
Suse4 products
  • rubygem-activejob-4_2&distro=SUSE Enterprise Storage 4< 4.2.9-3.6.1
  • rubygem-activejob-4_2&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7< 4.2.9-3.6.1
  • rubygem-activejob-4_2&distro=SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8< 4.2.9-3.6.1
  • rubygem-activejob-5_1&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15< 5.1.4-3.3.1
Debian1 product
  • rails< 2:5.2.2+dfsg-1
RubyGems1 product
  • activejob≥ 4.2.0, < 4.2.11 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.7.1 | ≥ 5.1.0, < 5.1.6.1 | ≥ 5.2.0, < 5.2.1.1
Rubyonrails1 product
  • rails≥ 4.2.0, < 4.2.11 | ≥ 5.0.0, < 5.0.7.1 | ≥ 5.1.0, < 5.1.6.1 | ≥ 5.2.0, < 5.2.1.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • railsAll versions (No fix recorded)

6 vendors · 18 products

References

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