What is CVE-2018-1882?

CVE-2018-1882 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2019-04-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-1882?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Apple macOS

CVE-2018-1882

In a certain atypical IBM Spectrum Protect 7.1 and 8.1 configurations, the node password could be displayed in plain text in the IBM Spectrum Protect client trace file. IBM X-Force ID: 151968.

Published 2019-04-08 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (13.3th percentile), scored 2026-11-01.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 13th percentile — 13.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apple macOS
IBM Aix
IBM Spectrum Protect — versions 8.1, 7.1
IBM Spectrum Protect Backup-Archive Client
IBM Spectrum Protect For Space Management — versions 8.1, 7.1
IBM Spectrum Protect For Virtual Environments
Linux Kernel
Microsoft Windows
Oracle Solaris

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/151968 (VDB Entry, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.securityfocus.com/bid/107861 (vdb-entry, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-1882?: CVE-2018-1882 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apple macOS, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 4.7/10. Published 2019-04-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-1882?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.7 out of 10.