What is CVE-2018-1000018?

CVE-2018-1000018 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ovirt Ovirt-Hosted-Engine-Setup, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-01-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-1000018?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Ovirt Ovirt-Hosted-Engine-Setup

CVE-2018-1000018

An information disclosure in ovirt-hosted-engine-setup prior to 2.2.7 reveals the root user's password in the log file.

Published 2018-01-24 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (33.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 33rd percentile — 33.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ovirt Ovirt-Hosted-Engine-Setup

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-532 — Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
gerrit.ovirt.org/ (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1000018?: CVE-2018-1000018 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ovirt Ovirt-Hosted-Engine-Setup, classified under Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-01-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-1000018?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.