Path Traversal in Clickhouse

CVE-2018-14672

In ClickHouse before 18.12.13, functions for loading CatBoost models allowed path traversal and reading arbitrary files through error messages.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.017 (76.8th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2018-14672: held from 0.017 to 0.017.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Clickhouse
  • Clickhouse — versions All versions prior to version 18.12.13.

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-14672?
CVE-2018-14672 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Clickhouse, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2019-08-15.
How severe is CVE-2018-14672?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.