What is CVE-2011-3178?

CVE-2011-3178 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Open Build Service, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-03-20.

How severe is CVE-2011-3178?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

RCE in openSUSE Open Build Service

CVE-2011-3178

In the web ui of the openbuildservice before 2.3.0 a code injection of the project rebuildtimes statistics could be used by authorized attackers to execute shellcode.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2018-03-20 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (69.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 69th percentile — 69.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.013 · newest: 0.013 · change: 0.000

Affected products

openSUSE Open Build Service
openSUSE Openbuildservice — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-3178?: CVE-2011-3178 is a high-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Open Build Service, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-03-20.
How severe is CVE-2011-3178?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.