What is CVE-2018-0040?

CVE-2018-0040 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Juniper Contrail Service Orchestration, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-11.

How severe is CVE-2018-0040?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Juniper Contrail Service Orchestration

CVE-2018-0040

Juniper Networks Contrail Service Orchestrator versions prior to 4.0.0 use hardcoded cryptographic certificates and keys in some cases, which may allow network based attackers to gain unauthorized access to services.

Published 2018-07-11 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.014 (72.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 73rd percentile — 72.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Juniper Contrail Service Orchestration
Juniper Networks Contrail Service Orchestration — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

kb.juniper.net/JSA10872 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-0040?: CVE-2018-0040 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Juniper Contrail Service Orchestration, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-11.
How severe is CVE-2018-0040?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.