What is CVE-2018-1822?

CVE-2018-1822 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ibm Flashsystem_840, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-10-18.

How severe is CVE-2018-1822?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Ibm Flashsystem_840

CVE-2018-1822

IBM FlashSystem 900 product GUI allows a specially crafted attack to bypass the authentication requirements of the system, resulting in the ability to remotely change the superuser password. This can be used by an attacker to gain administ…

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

EPSS: 0.034 (87.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Ibm Flashsystem_840
Ibm Flashsystem_840_firmware — versions 1.4
Ibm Flashsystem 900
Ibm Flashsystem_900
Ibm Flashsystem_900_firmware — versions 1.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

psirt@us.ibm.com (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)
psirt@us.ibm.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1822?: CVE-2018-1822 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Ibm Flashsystem_840, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-10-18.
How severe is CVE-2018-1822?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.