9.8

CVE-2018-19466: portainer Insufficiently Protected Credentials

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
Published 27-03-2019Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2018-19466 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Insufficiently Protected Credentials vulnerability in portainer. EPSS estimates a 3.72% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.72%
0%100%
Low · +0.84 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1github

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

A vulnerability was found in Portainer before 1.20.0. Portainer stores LDAP credentials, corresponding to a master password, in cleartext and allows their retrieval via API calls.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 1 source · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.72%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.84 pp

From 2.88% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
3.72%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • githubUnverified

    Lempo

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Portainer1 product

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links