What is CVE-2018-1090?

CVE-2018-1090 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pulpproject Pulp, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-1090?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Pulpproject Pulp

CVE-2018-1090

In Pulp before version 2.16.2, secrets are passed into override_config when triggering a task and then become readable to all users with read access on the distributor/importer. An attacker with API access can then view these secrets.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2018-06-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.013 (70.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 70th percentile — 70.2% 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

Pulpproject Pulp
[Unknown] Pulp — versions pulp 2.16.2
Fedoraproject Fedora
Red Hat Satellite — versions 6.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

pulp.plan.io/issues/3521 (Vendor Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1090?: CVE-2018-1090 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pulpproject Pulp, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2018-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-1090?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.