9.8

CVE-2018-19367: portainer

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
Published 20-11-2018Last modified 16-09-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-19367 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in portainer. EPSS estimates a 1.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.47%
0%100%
Low · +0.21 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2github

Timeline

  1. 20-11-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 16-09-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Portainer through 1.19.2 provides an API endpoint (/api/users/admin/check) to verify that the admin user is already created. This API endpoint will return 404 if admin was not created and 204 if it was already created. Attackers can set an admin password in the 404 case.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.21 pp

From 1.26% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
1.47%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • githubUnverified

    Shodan Portainer

    Maturity: poc

  • githubUnverified

    Portainer

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Portainer1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

2 links