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)

EPSS: 0.017 (75.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Clickhouse
N/a Clickhouse — versions All versions prior to version 18.12.13.

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

browser-security@yandex-team.ru (x_refsource_MISC, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory)

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.