What is CVE-2018-1841?

CVE-2018-1841 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cloud Private, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2018-11-19.

How severe is CVE-2018-1841?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.

Information disclosure in IBM Cloud Private

CVE-2018-1841

IBM Cloud Private 2.1.0 could allow a local user to obtain the CA Private Key due to it being world readable in boot/master node. IBM X-Force ID: 150901.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

Published 2018-11-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (29.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 29th percentile — 29.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

IBM Cloud Private — versions 2.1.0
IBM Cloud Private — versions 2.1.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/150901 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/105980 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1841?: CVE-2018-1841 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM Cloud Private, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 6.2/10. Published 2018-11-19.
How severe is CVE-2018-1841?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.2 out of 10.