What is CVE-2018-12467?

CVE-2018-12467 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Open Build Service, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2018-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2018-12467?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.

Auth bypass in openSUSE Open Build Service

CVE-2018-12467

Authorized users of the openbuildservice before 2.9.4 could delete packages by using a malicious request against projects having the OBS:InitializeDevelPackage attribute, a similar issue to CVE-2018-7689.

Published 2018-08-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.0 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (48.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 49th percentile — 48.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

openSUSE Open Build Service
openSUSE Openbuildservice — versions unspecified

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-12467?: CVE-2018-12467 is a medium-severity vulnerability in openSUSE Open Build Service, classified under Improper Authorization. CVSS score: 6.0/10. Published 2018-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2018-12467?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.0 out of 10.