What is CVE-2018-10870?

CVE-2018-10870 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Redhat-Certification Rhcertstore.py, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-10870?

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

Path Traversal in Redhat-Certification Rhcertstore.py

CVE-2018-10870

redhat-certification does not properly sanitize paths in rhcertStore.py:__saveResultsFile. A remote attacker could use this flaw to overwrite any file, potentially gaining remote code execution.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2018-07-19 · 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: 0.061 (93.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.062 · newest: 0.061 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Mitigation, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2373 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/104857 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-10870?: CVE-2018-10870 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Redhat-Certification Rhcertstore.py, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-10870?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.