XXE in Red Hat Certification
CVE-2018-10868
redhat-certification 7 does not properly restrict the number of recursive definitions of entities in XML documents, allowing an unauthenticated user to run a "Billion Laugh Attack" by replying to XMLRPC methods when getting the status of an host.
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.011 (64.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Certification — versions 7.0
- Redhat-Certification — versions redhat-certification 7
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
- access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10868 (Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-10868?
- CVE-2018-10868 is a high-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Certification, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2021-05-26.
- How severe is CVE-2018-10868?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.