What is CVE-2018-11087?

CVE-2018-11087 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Spring Amqp, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-09-14.

How severe is CVE-2018-11087?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Is CVE-2018-11087 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Pivotal Spring Amqp

CVE-2018-11087

Pivotal Spring AMQP, 1.x versions prior to 1.7.10 and 2.x versions prior to 2.0.6, expose a man-in-the-middle vulnerability due to lack of hostname validation. A malicious user that has the ability to intercept traffic would be able to view data in transit.

Vulnerability class: Improper Certificate Validation

EPSS: 0.013 (66.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Pivotal Spring Amqp — versions 1.x, 2.x
Pivotal_software Spring_advanced_message_queuing_protocol
Vmware Rabbitmq_java_client

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

security_alert@emc.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11087?: CVE-2018-11087 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pivotal Spring Amqp, classified under Improper Certificate Validation. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2018-09-14.
How severe is CVE-2018-11087?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.
Is CVE-2018-11087 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.