What is CVE-2018-16848?

CVE-2018-16848 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openstack-Mistral, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-06-15.

How severe is CVE-2018-16848?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Redhat Openstack-Mistral

CVE-2018-16848

A Denial of Service (DoS) condition is possible in OpenStack Mistral in versions up to and including 7.0.3. Submitting a specially crafted workflow definition YAML file containing nested anchors can lead to resource exhaustion culminating in a denial of service.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.012 (64.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Redhat Openstack-mistral
N/a Openstack-mistral — versions up to and including 7.0.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory)
secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-16848?: CVE-2018-16848 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Openstack-Mistral, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2020-06-15.
How severe is CVE-2018-16848?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.